Square Bucket Ice Cream at Walmart

[OldSaw]

I picked up a bucket of the freezer friendly ice cream at Walmart. I liked the square bucket, but once I tried the ice cream, I even liked it better than the average generic ice cream. It's not premium, but it is a far cry from the other regular plain Jane varieties.

Anyone else tried this stuff?

[Rughi]

What does "freezer friendly" mean? Stores efficiently in the freezer?

I don't have a Wal Mart near me and have never shopped at one, but it sounds to me like how when I was a kid the Thrifty drug stores always had really good ice cream at the counter near the door. I grew up with generic ice cream, and the Thrifty's was always the one we called for.

Roger

[BrightFutur]

My roommate picked up a square bucket of strawberry revel.


I demolished the entire thing while he was out of town. For wal-mart cheapo ice cream, it has a decent flavour and its surprisingly rich and creamy compared to other cheap ice creams.

[OldSaw]

What does "freezer friendly" mean? Stores efficiently in the freezer?

Yes, that's the answer. It stores nicely because it is square.


My roommate picked up a square bucket of strawberry revel.


I demolished the entire thing while he was out of town. For wal-mart cheapo ice cream, it has a decent flavour and its surprisingly rich and creamy compared to other cheap ice creams.

The strawberry is my favorite. I was expecting something on the order of cheap ice milk and got nice creamy ice cream that surprised me.

[Topgumby]

What flavors did they have?

I have two growing boys, so I'm always on the lookout for budget goodies I can pretend I'm buying for them.

[citizensoldierny]

My local wal-mart might be one of the worst in the U.S. They are literally falling apart with requisite holes in the wall, small, narrow aisles, no automotive and the list could go on. They also must be the last store to get the pizza's that they were heavily advertising for the last year or so as they only started stocking them last week:confused: I should see this ice cream appear in my store in about 8-10 months I guess. Worst part is they will never fix it as they were set to break ground on a Super Wal-Mart approx. a 1/2 mile away and the town killed it.:mad:

[blackfoot]

My local wal-mart might be one of the worst in the U.S. They are literally falling apart with requisite holes in the wall, small, narrow aisles, no automotive and the list could go on. They also must be the last store to get the pizza's that they were heavily advertising for the last year or so as they only started stocking them last week:confused: I should see this ice cream appear in my store in about 8-10 months I guess. Worst part is they will never fix it as they were set to break ground on a Super Wal-Mart approx. a 1/2 mile away and the town killed it.:mad:

Dude, that sucks! you are right about them not fixing it.

[blackfoot]

What does "freezer friendly" mean? Stores efficiently in the freezer?

I don't have a Wal Mart near me and have never shopped at one, but it sounds to me like how when I was a kid the Thrifty drug stores always had really good ice cream at the counter near the door. I grew up with generic ice cream, and the Thrifty's was always the one we called for.

Roger

I have a couple of questions. First, do any other humans live within fifty to a hundred miles of you? Second, how do you get internet? I can't believe a state as heavily populated as California could not have one nearby. That really is amazing. Then again, those of us that have never been there automatically think of LA and the other major cities.

[blackfoot]

I picked up a bucket of the freezer friendly ice cream at Walmart. I liked the square bucket, but once I tried the ice cream, I even liked it better than the average generic ice cream. It's not premium, but it is a far cry from the other regular plain Jane varieties.

Anyone else tried this stuff?

My wife just brought some of this home last week. I agree with you. I was amazed at how creamy and tasty it was. We got the vanilla. I look forward to trying the others.

[garyg]

Was the Ice Cream made in China or India?

[Wendy]

Do they have anything similar to Moose Tracks ?? That stuff is yummy.

[blackfoot]

Do they have anything similar to Moose Tracks ?? That stuff is yummy.

I think it is pretty basic flavours, but they should!

[Wendy]

I could suffer with chocolate :biggrin:

[airplanedoc]

What does "freezer friendly" mean? Stores efficiently in the freezer?


Yes, that's the answer. It stores nicely because it is square.


Not only does it stores nicely, Walmart can ship more for less, no wasted space on the pallet with a square container. They have done the same thing with milk at Sams Club. It generated a 9% increase in the amount of milk that a truck can carry or 384 gal. Giving walmart and extra profit of 10-20 cents per gallon.

I wonder how much of that savings the consumer will get?

[Monkeydad]

I'll have to check it out next time I risk my life venturing into Wally World for some Personna blades.

Hmmmmmm...
http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_constraint=0&ic=48_0&search_query=square+bucket+ice+cream&Find.x=0&Find.y=0&Find=Find

Darn, can't order it online! :)

[liege]

I have a couple of questions. First, do any other humans live within fifty to a hundred miles of you? Second, how do you get internet? I can't believe a state as heavily populated as California could not have one nearby. That really is amazing. Then again, those of us that have never been there automatically think of LA and the other major cities.
I think he lives in the Bay Area. That may explain why there is no WalMart within 50-100 miles.

[Monkeydad]

I think he lives in the Bay Area. That may explain why there is no WalMart within 50-100 miles.

They've all been protested out of town if there was one. :tongue_sm

[airplanedoc]

I have a couple of questions. First, do any other humans live within fifty to a hundred miles of you? Second, how do you get internet? I can't believe a state as heavily populated as California could not have one nearby. That really is amazing. Then again, those of us that have never been there automatically think of LA and the other major cities.


Have you ever tried to find a major chain grocery store in a major city? You could easily drive well over a hour to find a walmart if you live right down town

[The Nid Hog]

My local wal-mart might be one of the worst in the U.S. They are literally falling apart with requisite holes in the wall, small, narrow aisles, no automotive and the list could go on. They also must be the last store to get the pizza's that they were heavily advertising for the last year or so as they only started stocking them last week:confused: I should see this ice cream appear in my store in about 8-10 months I guess. Worst part is they will never fix it as they were set to break ground on a Super Wal-Mart approx. a 1/2 mile away and the town killed it.:mad:

Man, my local Wal-Mart is exactly like that. I haven't been in there since last Christmas, but half the lights were out, stuff was all over the place and nobody seemed to be working. Customers were going behind the counter and pulling things out of cases themselves--it was like a riot. It reminded me of S-Mart in the Evil Dead. Plus, it smells like a giant dirty hamster cage.

[stobes21]

Not only does it stores nicely, Walmart can ship more for less, no wasted space on the pallet with a square container. They have done the same thing with milk at Sams Club. It generated a 9% increase in the amount of milk that a truck can carry or 384 gal. Giving walmart and extra profit of 10-20 cents per gallon.

I wonder how much of that savings the consumer will get?

I don't remember exact prices but milk at Sam's club here is nearly $1 per gallon cheaper than at the grocery store. I'm sure they are still making a good profit, but they are passing something on to the consumer.

[blackfoot]

I think he lives in the Bay Area. That may explain why there is no WalMart within 50-100 miles.

My Aunt and Uncle live in Brooklyn and have one they can go to. So that is all I have to base my oppinion on, as far as big cities. But I can see your point. It's different there and not a lot of room for that sort of thing.

[airplanedoc]

Here Milk at Sams and Walmart is $.50-$1.00 more than you can purchase it at Aldi, CVS, Walgreens, and even the local non chain grocery store.

[jmlivingston]

The strawberry is my favorite. I was expecting something on the order of cheap ice milk and got nice creamy ice cream that surprised me.

I haven't had Ice Milk in years! Does anybody still make it? When my grandfather worked for Foremost-McKesson Dairy's, that's what we'd have for dessert every time we went over there.

[Rughi]

I think he lives in the Bay Area. That may explain why there is no WalMart within 50-100 miles.

I looked it up, and there is now a WalMart in the slowly dying indoor shopping mall called Hilltop in Richmond. I think it took the place of a Penney's or Macy's type of department store that went under. It has thousands of empty parking stalls surrounding it that haven't been parked in since a Christmas season at least a decade ago. I go there to the Mens Warehouse or to the Sears for tools. I may even poke my head into the WalMart and see what the national fuss has been all about.

I'm disappointed that there was "how can an American not shop at WalMart" discussion but nobody ran with the Thrifty ice cream. That is a great low cost tradition that was a shopping high point when I was a kid.

I found this article (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=28423) that brought back warm memories of the cylinder shaped scoops of ice cream and really tasty flavors of the month. Apparently, the high quality of the ice cream was because there was a specific dairy that made Thrifty ice cream - and it is still in business. And, in some areas the Rite Aid chain still keeps the ice cream counter near the door, where mom could send you over to get a scoop while she waited in line, or if you were out riding bikes with friends you could be in sight of where you dumped your bikes outside to come in for a cone on a hot summer day.Good times.

In keeping with our current era, there's even a nostalgia page for it on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/thriftys.icecream) now. There was a Wikipedia entry, but someone erased it as "blatant advertising."

Roger

[Monkeydad]

I looked, did not see this at my local Wally.

[Deltaboy]

Wal-marts in Texas are clean well stocked and filled with helpful people most times.

[Prairiephotos]

I've been looking at that square ice cream for a few weeks now. It's tempting, but I know if I bought one I'd eat it in a weekend.

[citizensoldierny]

I spoke too soon, they just got the Ice cream:w00t: Was tempted to get some but my wife hates letting the kids eat junk and I can't as I'm trying to lose some pounds. That and we've had the same half gallon for about a month now. When that goes I'll be giving the square bucket a try.

[Alacrity59]

I wanted to try this but could not find any square cones.

Seriously though . . . looking in my freezer I'd be looking for all of the tetris shapes and others before needing a square container to save space.

[mark the shoeshine boy]

Not only does it stores nicely, Walmart can ship more for less, no wasted space on the pallet with a square container. They have done the same thing with milk at Sams Club. It generated a 9% increase in the amount of milk that a truck can carry or 384 gal. Giving walmart and extra profit of 10-20 cents per gallon.

I wonder how much of that savings the consumer will get?



I wonder if they could apply this idea to toilet paper....they could pack the stack and not flush possible profits down the drain. :lol::lol::lol:

[GMen]

I looked it up, and there is now a WalMart in the slowly dying indoor shopping mall called Hilltop in Richmond. I think it took the place of a Penney's or Macy's type of department store that went under. It has thousands of empty parking stalls surrounding it that haven't been parked in since a Christmas season at least a decade ago. I go there to the Mens Warehouse or to the Sears for tools. I may even poke my head into the WalMart and see what the national fuss has been all about.

I'm disappointed that there was "how can an American not shop at WalMart" discussion but nobody ran with the Thrifty ice cream. That is a great low cost tradition that was a shopping high point when I was a kid.

I found this article (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=28423) that brought back warm memories of the cylinder shaped scoops of ice cream and really tasty flavors of the month. Apparently, the high quality of the ice cream was because there was a specific dairy that made Thrifty ice cream - and it is still in business. And, in some areas the Rite Aid chain still keeps the ice cream counter near the door, where mom could send you over to get a scoop while she waited in line, or if you were out riding bikes with friends you could be in sight of where you dumped your bikes outside to come in for a cone on a hot summer day.Good times.

In keeping with our current era, there's even a nostalgia page for it on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/thriftys.icecream) now. There was a Wikipedia entry, but someone erased it as "blatant advertising."

Roger

We have several Wal-marts down here in the South Bay, now that Thrifty Ice cream was a highlight of my youth and I'm lucky to have a Walgreens that took over an old Thrifty store and kept the Ice Cream Bar per customer requests, I walked to it on hot day's with my daughter to get a double scoop :biggrin:

[blackfoot]

I am eating some right now. :thumbup:

[rm71]

I wanted to try this but could not find any square cones.


:lol:

[Monkeydad]

I've been looking at that square ice cream for a few weeks now. It's tempting, but I know if I bought one I'd eat it in a weekend.

I fail to see any problems. :laugh:


I've now seen it in stores, but we don't keep ice cream in the house any more.

My wife is trying to lose the last few of her pregnancy pounds and scolds me for bringing "junk food" home...plus our son has a milk allergy, so I don't think it would be fair to have it around when he can't have it. We have found non-dairy stuff for him though...for special occasions.

[Snappy Lunch]

My local W-M does not carry it.:cursing::crying:

[Deltaboy]

We buy Blue Bell made here in TX 90% of the time. Now for larger social functions and such I buy the Big Round Tub of Ice Cream at WW.