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Cold Stone Creamery enters Turkey market

June 12, 2013

The international development of Cold Stone Creamery continues to accelerate in 2013 with its entry into Turkey, the brand's 25th country.

Kahala, parent company of Cold Stone Creamery, has signed a Master Franchise Agreement with Ulker Golf with a goal of opening 15 stores in the market throughout the next five years.

Ulker has been a leading food and beverage brand in Turkey since 1944. The company started with the production of a single biscuit and now manufactures a wide span of products such as chocolate, candy, chewing gum, dairy products, carbonated beverages, fats and oils, soups, ketchup, mayonnaise, coffee and baby food.

Its Ulker Golf division is the biggest local ice cream producer in Turkey. With its second factory in construction, and set to begin production in 2014, the company's total production capacity will increase to 160 billion liters a year. Today, 2.5 billion Ulker Golf products are consumed throughout the world.

"We have been following the striking success of Cold Stone Creamery for a while now and believe in the business idea. As ice cream per capita consumption increases in Turkey constantly, we identified a consumer insight that is very important; Turkish consumers are now ready for more sophisticated flavors and customized icecream experiences," said Orhan Ozokur, chairman of the Ulker Golf board. "We trust that this partnership with Cold Stone Creamery will be quite popular as the brand offers a unique premium ice cream experience where consumers can create a customized flavor of their preference on the spot."

Cold Stone Creamery stores are operating in more than 420 international locations and in 25 different countries including South Korea, Kuwait, the Philippines, Trinidad, Nigeria, Egypt and Brazil.

Father's Day cake promotion

Additionally, Cold Stone is offering a Father's Day cake, called the Tall, Dark & Delicious. This cake features two layers of devil's food cake, Sweet Cream Ice Cream with brownies and chocolate ice cream with Oreo cookies wrapped white frosting and fudge ganache.

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