Events
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 [...]
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 [...]
Taste of DQ®
24 Sep, 2009
Posted by : The Web Master
What exactly is the “Taste of DQ®”?
Well, every year we share our marketing and operations plans with 500-600 of our leading Dairy Queen® system store operators at our annual Leadership Summit. The highlight of every Leadership Summit is “Taste of DQ,” where the group gets to preview and taste the next year’s new products, like [...]
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.
Help make miracles for our littlest heroes!
8 Jul, 2009
Posted by : The Web Master
If you’re like me, you probably grew up with one or more heroes. I remember at age five thinking Superman was the bravest person on the planet. He was my hero and I faithfully wore my very own homemade Superman costume just to be like him.
As an adult, I still believe in heroes – people [...]
Posted by : The Web Master
Valuable advice from financier Warren Buffett, during a visit to his local Dairy Queen® store for the launch of the Girl Scouts® Thin Mint Blizzard® Flavor Treat.
Surrounded by a group of Girl Scouts in his hometown of Omaha, Neb., Buffett offered this tip for college students:
“The biggest suggestion I have is to avoid credit cards. Interest [...]
Free Light Smoothie Day – June 19
17 Jun, 2009
Posted by : The Web Master
In an earlier post – Orange Julius® Light Smoothie Launch Party – We talked about the new Orange Julius Light Smoothie line. Here’s a quick recap: Orange Julius is part of International Dairy Queen. Orange Julius just launched a new platform of Light Smoothies. Each of the three new flavors (Strawberry Delight , Berry-Pom Twilight [...]
