Creating Smiles and Stories

Posted by : Dickie

There just might be a fun way to survive the next few weeks and begin to think about the warm, sunny days of spring. My family and I decided to have a “Blizzard Bash.”

Posted by : The Web Master

Every once in a while, a photo will show up in our e-mail or cross our desks that just makes us smile.  That’s what happened with everyone who saw this:

We hope sharing it with you makes you smile, too.  And it comes with a story:
Eight-year-old Hailey Fine had an assignment. The third grade classes at Fox Trail Elementary [...]

Posted by : Carolyn K

DQ® Community Service Team makes meals to serve the hungry.

Posted by : Carolyn K

The Superbowl, Olympics Opening Ceremonies, and Valentine’s Day all these opportunities to have parties and that’s just the first half of the month!

Posted by : BRS

To celebrate Canada Day on July 1, employees at the DQ® Canada corporate office came up with a huge idea—to build the nation’s largest cake. The massive soft-serve cake weighed in at 1,540 pounds and was made of 120 gallons of vanilla and chocolate soft serve, 264 pounds of chocolate crunch, 20 gallons of cold [...]

Posted by : BRS

It was around 6:30 on a typical spring Sunday evening in Edwardsville, Ill., when who should waltz into the local Dairy Queen® restaurant but late-night funnyman Conan O’Brien. According to DQ® employees who were working at the time, the variety show host was wearing a blue shirt, tie and suit jacket, and was with four [...]

Posted by : BRS

Everyone in the United States knows that the Dairy Queen® system has been around forever… or at least for about the last 70 years. But what many people might not know is that the Dairy Queen brand exists in other countries besides the United States and Canada—19 other foreign countries to be exact! There are [...]

Posted by : BRS

Amid the thousands (or so it seemed) decisions my husband and I had to make over the past year in planning our recent wedding, the cake was something I hadn’t thought too much about. I was too busy picking out a dress and booking the photographer, florist, reception site, etc. Sure, the cake is important, [...]

Posted by : BRS

Last summer, the Dairy Queen® brand reached a huge landmark when the 500th international DQ® location outside of the United States and Canada opened in Manila, Philippines. That’s right—there are DQ stores in the Philippines! In fact, the Philippines is home to 20 DQ locations on last count, and there are currently DQ locations in [...]

Posted by : The Web Master

As many of you who have been reading our blog probably know, the focus of the blog is about sharing a smile and a story. You wouldn’t believe it, but every time I tell someone that I work for American Dairy Queen Corporation (ADQ) they always want to tell me about when they were a [...]