YO COLDSTONE HAS LOST THEY ***** MIND,” says Tik-Tokker

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Lobster, Red

Fabrics, JoAnn

Lobster, Red and Fabrics, JoAnn sell ice cream?

For the record, I'm in RI. There were CSC locations popping up everywhere (RI and nearby MA) about 25 years ago. You couldn't drive by a shopping center (high end or more middle-brow) without a CSC in one of the storefronts. I went a number of times back then at the different locations to see what I was missing - none of them impressed me, and they were expensive then !

I just checked on line for locations within 35 miles of me - one pops up in RI, all the rest in RI and nearby MA are gone. I think the one in my neighborhood was the first to go, lasting about 18 months.

The one that is left is about 15 miles from me. It's less expensive than what the Tik-Tokker posted (not sure where he is). A quart in my area is $13.49 ($3.50 less) and a 'triple pint' is $16.99 - five dollars less than his location.

Gristedes charges $11.50 for a pint of Van Leeuwen.

Get over it.

I remember going to CSC a couple times. Their little group “Tip Tip Hooray!” chant every time someone gave a tip totally turned me away. Give me Baskin Robbins any day.

OP, you are too fat anyway. These price hikes are a blessing in disguise for the likes of you.

R6 I agree ! Last time I had ice cream was at work last year the Friday of Labor Day Weekend. My boss hired a local ice cream company to come in and set up a 'make your own ice cream sundae' buffet. It was OK, but had my fill .

FAT WHORES DESPAIR!

Their base ice cream is tasteless.

I used to buy a galloon of Haagen Daaz Vanilla for my elderly father and my local grocery store just stopped carrying that size. I asked a stocker and he said it was so expensive ($17) that "too many people were stealing it." I replied, "Isn't it easier to steal he smaller size?" but the stocker just shrugged. Utter bullshit.

But you’re paying for several thousand calories worth of food. If you eat normal sized portions, I would think it could last a few days.

I can’t believe CSC is still around. It always gave my GI distress because it was so creamy

[quote]I can’t believe CSC is still around. It always gave my GI distress because it was so creamy

That happens to a lot of elderly who eat ice cream. You're not the only one.

Lol my mom can't eat ice cream anymore either.

Make your own ice cream. It's easy.

Didn't this chain start up during the mix-in craze?

I'll take "how do venture capital firms destroy a good thing?" for $400, Alex.

I’m glad I have a Handel’s.

Coldstone has always been absolute basic bitch level ice cream.

"You can feel good, good about Hood" $5.99 for a half-gallon (or whatever it is) box, can't beat the Fenway Fudge.

Been there once (with a coupon). No need to experience that again.

TJ's has great ice cream for $3.99. People are so stupid..

Is this brand of ice cream even any good? It looks unsanitary when they smear bits of old toppings (stale nuts, off label candies) into this glop, and charge a lot for it.

Ice cream can be delicious but I need to stay fit for my work, and I just don’t have the self control to have a small scoop.

I'm glad I'm not an ice cream fan. I did have some Cold Stone YEARS ago when they first became popular on a family outing, and it almost put me in a diabetic coma.

I'm a frozen yogurt person. And if I happened to be walking by a gelato establishment and someone said the place was good, I'd go in and get their smallest sized cup of something, probably.

However, I can't remember the last time I had ice cream, frozen yogurt OR gelato...several years, at least.

I’m in Houston. I went to a Mexican ice cream shop, got two scoops of great ice cream for $4.

They could be worse but I don’t like a lot of weird stuff mixed in my ice cream anyway. And creamy ice cream = lots of air and gums beat into it.

Im not crazy about ice cream but I only really eat it in the summer. And it's not necessary to pay 22 bucks for good ice cream. I guess they are going the way of Boston Market. The economy is about to hit the skids. Look for more chains to go under.

I remember in the mid-80s the biggest craze was 'the home ice-cream machine' for families to make ice-cream at home (Boomers were in their 30s and 40s, giving birth to their Millennial kids and wanting something 'fun' to do as a family). Every store had them displayed in their windows - Williams-Sonoma, Crate & Barrel, Lechter's (remember them?) , Gourmet Chef (remember them?) and in New England, we had Lechemere's (remember them?). You couldn't walk into one of these stores without falling over one on display. Every family was buying it.

By the late 80s, Walmart and Kmart started carrying them, and the craze ended. The craze turned to families making 'bread' in their over-priced bread machines. Same stores above started carrying 'the bread machines'.

You're not teacakes.

FAT WHORES REJOICE!!

Coldstone is such a racket. Subpar vanilla ice cream at high end outrageous prices. You're paying for the dumb theater act they put on where they add the mix-ins on the (wait for it) cold stone.

It's so dumb. I can't believe people spend their money on such obvious crap.

You can get the same thing at any Dairy Queen a lot quicker and a lot cheaper.

I’ve met Mrs. Coldstone and she’s delightful.

Be nice!

^ Have an egg roll Mrs. Coldstone...?

Imagine if they made ice cream on some shirtless guy, like they do with body sushi.