Creating Smiles and Stories
One Colossal Cake
18 Nov, 2009
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 [...]
Conan O’Brien Makes Late Afternoon Appearance at DQ®
11 Nov, 2009
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 [...]
DQ® Panama Turns 50
5 Nov, 2009
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, [...]
The Philippines Celebrate a DQ® Milestone
30 Sep, 2009
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 [...]
Sharing a Personal Smile and a Story
1 Sep, 2009
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 [...]
Miracle Treat Day – Wrap Up
18 Aug, 2009
Posted by : The Web Master
We want to thank everyone who stopped at a Dairy Queen® location on Aug. 13 to purchase a Blizzard® Treat in support of Miracle Treat Day. This year was very different in that, for the first time, we used the social Web to help spread the word about Miracle Treat Day. So thank you to [...]
Miracle Treat Day – Aug. 13, 2009
12 Aug, 2009
Posted by : The Web Master
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 is Miracle Treat Day, and if you haven’t read any of our other posts regarding Miracle Treat Day, or haven’t been motivated to head out to a particpating Dairy Queen® location yet, here’s a little more information for your regarding this amazing day.
Since 1984, the DQ® system has raised over $77 million [...]
Posted by : Jill Anderson
Six Blizzard Treats in Ten hours – the “Occupational Hazard” of having Miracle Treat Day in your job description!
Yep, you read that right! I ate six Blizzard Flavor Treats in ten hours – the delicious (and heartwarming and emotional and goose-bump creating) “occupational hazard” of having Miracle Treat Day as part of my job here at the DQ® corporate [...]
Posted by : JT
Each summer, the school-aged kids of DQ employees get to spend a day at the home office, building their own Blizzard treats, taste-testing new food products, learning about food safety, playing games and earning a “paycheck” in the form of a Dairy Queen gift card.
