Ben & Jerry's Out - Toft's Back for 2008

Ben & Jerry's Out - Toft's Back for 2008

Happily Totfs is being brought back after a 1 year mistake in judgment.

Later Wally

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Awesome. I love Tofts. Is it May yet?

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Tofts, imho, is far superior to Ben & Jerry's...and...it is a local company. The misguided who made that decision last year were knuckleheads.

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One of the only good things about living in Sandusky, getting to enjoy Tofts all year long

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This is a good sign...perhaps the park will not be overrun with corporate crap in the coming years.

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Excellent! That is great news. Now if they will just put a restaurant in the Chick Filet building that will stay open on Sunday I will be amazed again at the Amazement Park. I guess we just have to take one victory at a time in order to win the war.

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Explain...

What flavors will be offered do you think at CP?

While I like Ben and Jerrys...I found they had like 6 flavors at CP. While in a normal store you had something like...who knows how many flavors.

Is it like a Coldstone with mix-ins?

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Wow... if this is true I'm amazed that it only lasted one year. CP's website still lists Ben and Jerry's at the Ice Cream Parlor... What's your source Wallyworld?

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Can someone provide source information for this report? IE i've not seen anything or heard anything that would confirm this rumor/report in any of the local sources or folks that are in the know?!

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My source was a guy (middle aged) working the counter at Toft's, I asked what genius pulled the plug on great local buisness for Ben & Jerry's? He went on to say CP saw a sales drop etc. from ice cream sales and that Toft's would be back for 2008 with a new 5 year contract. He also said Mr. Kinzel's son was responsible for the switch to Ben & Jerry's. This info is over a week old.

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Anytime someone says these two phrases:

"my source was a guy..."

"Mr. Kinzel's (insert family member)"

My suspicion rises that the reported information is not entirely true.

I'll wait to see solid info from the park itself.

You won't believe how it ends.

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I thought Kinzel's son worked at a different park.

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^ Last I heard his son was somewhere higher up in foods at CP, so if that's still true, he could be in the position to make those decisions.

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I am unfimliar with Tofts. What is it and how does it taste?

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If this is true, that is great news. Ben & Jerry's was lame, no shakes or malts. Toft's is great quality ice cream, and they ran a proper ice cream parlor with all the treats you would imagine it to have.

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Kinzel has three sons and a daughter.

Tofts is a good, local, historic dairy. Their ice cream can be found out on Rt. 6 as you leave Sandusky to the west.

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You know, I should revisit what I said. I think when they first said they were moving to Ben and Jerry's I thought it was a wise move since B&J is more well known. I figured they would have sold more ice cream (and I suspect the "knucklehead" I spoke of thought that too).

But, I will stand by Tofts being FAR better the B&J and I will just label myself a knucklehead from a business standpoint too.

Last I heard, of the three sons one was with Cedar Fair (maybe Star Trek in Vegas now) and a second was GM of the Great Wolf Lodge. Don't know much about #3.

Most of the kids worked in Cedar Point's Accommodations division at one time or another as they grew up and I felt they were all good kids and not one's to flaunt the position their father held. They obviously were midwest raised.

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Pete said:
If this is true, that is great news.

It's true. Toft's is back.

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Jason Hammond said:
I thought Kinzel's son worked at a different park.

He's running the Star Trek Experience in Vegas, last I heard.

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I could be wrong but I would bet that with the new B&J ice cream we all got a premium sized price increase for a perceived premium named ice cream brand. Assuming that true I would imagine that would account for any drop in sales, if there were any.

Unless the B&J distribuor was really lousy or they just couldn't keep up with production (which i would bet against in either case) it had to be a profit driven move.

Regardless of the reason I have to say this is a great move for the park, imo.

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