Showing posts with label ice cream pioneer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ice cream pioneer. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Sad Day in the Ice Cream Industry: Irvine Robbins, Baskin-Robbins Co-Founder, Dies

Irvine Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins, passed away on Monday, May 5, 2008. As news of his passing circulates throughout the ice cream industry, each are expressing their condolences. Robbins started Baskin-Robbins with his brother-in-law Burt Baskin in 1945 and has been labeled an "Ice Cream Pioneer."