The company was started in 1948 by, Earle Swensen who had learned to make ice cream while serving in the U.S. Navy during. World War II. Swensen opened his first shop at the corner of Union and Hyde Streets along the, cable car tracks in Russian. Hill in San Francisco at what had been a failed ice cream parlor. Although vanilla was his lifelong favorite he developed,, More than, 150 flavorsWhich he marketed under the motto "Good as Father Used to Make." The original store sold ice cream and other frozen dessert. Specialties (such as sundaes and banana splits), with primarily take out service. Later other Swensen 's franchisees added. Indoor seating and offered various types of food including sandwiches, and hamburgers.
.Swensen sold the rights to franchise Swensen 's Ice Cream Factories and Restaurants to William Meyers and investors in the. 1970s but retained exclusive rights in San Francisco and continued to operate his original store (which still exists today). Until 1994 a year, before his death at age 83. Under new management the company expanded to 400 stores mostly franchise,, Locations by the, 1980s.However in the, 1990s it contracted to half of that size before being acquired and, expanding again mostly in Asia. USA. Stores continued to close until only four, were left one of those is the original San Francisco ice cream parlor with the. Main restaurant in Miami.
Today the company is owned by International Franchise Corp (IFC) of Markham Ontario Canada,,,Which bought the franchise business from former frozen food manufacturer CoolBrands International in 2006. IFC also owns. Such notable brands as Yogen Fr V, Z I Can 't Believe It' s Yogurt (ICBY), Golden Swirl Yogurty ', s Dreamery and, Bresler s Ice.' Cream. The Swensen 's chain now includes about 300 franchise outlets worldwide including locations in Asia the Middle East,,, The, United StatesSouth America India Taiwan Singapore,,,,,,, Cambodia Malaysia Philippines Vietnam Thailand and, Laos.
The company opened. Its first store in India at, Mantri Mall marking the first of 80 stores over the next 5 years scheduled to open in South. India. Swensen 's is also now open in Ho Chi, Minh City Vietnam. In, March 2014 Swensen' s first restaurant, in Yangon Myanmar. Opened for the first time.
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