How did Baskin Robbins get started?

Answer by  bl834 (1317)

According to the company's website, the founders of Baskin Robbins were in the ice cream biz a long time but BR itself only came into existence formally in 1953, combining the two former chains of Snowbird Ice Cream and Burton's Ice Cream Shop.

Answer by  chefmark01 (81)

Baskin Robbins was started in 1953 in Glendale, California by Irvine Robbins and Burt Baskin. Baskin and Robbins owned seperate ice cream stores (Burt's Ice Cream Shop and Snowbird Ice Cream) and they merged in 1953 and introduced their now famous 31 flavors to compete with Howard Johnson's 28 flavors.

Answer by  patti (29325)

Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins each had an ice cream parlor in Glendale, California. In 1953, they merged the two businesses to create Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream, which now had 31 flavors, 3 more than Howard-Johnson's famous 28. BR is the world's largest ice cream store with 5800 unit worldwide.

Answer by  alpk11 (173)

Two brother-in-laws loved old fashioned ice cream and came up with the idea of Baskin Robbins. The first one opened in 1945 in California. It was origionally named Snowbird Ice Cream.

Answer by  aestella (176)

Burt and Irv opened the first ice-cream selling franchise in May 20, 1948. These two brothers-in-law opened the company's production facility in Burbank, CA and sold it to their managers.