Kopp's Frozen Custard
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| Kopp's Frozen Custard | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Headquarters | 18880 W Bluemound Rd. Brookfield, WI 53045-6079 United States |
| Key people | Elsa Kopp, founder (deceased) Karl Kopp (son), owner of Greenfield and Glendale stands Dick McGuire, owner of Brookfield stand |
| Area served | Brookfield, WI Glendale, WI Greenfield, WI |
| Industry | fast casual restaurant |
| Products | frozen custard, jumbo burgers |
| Website | www.kopps.com |
Kopp's Frozen Custard is a restaurant chain located in several suburban Milwaukee communities specializing in frozen custard and large "jumbo" hamburgers. Founded by Elsa Kopp in 1950, the restaurants continue to be heralded by local publications for their quality food.[1]
Kopps was the first custard stand to offer a special "flavor of the day" in addition to the more traditional chocolate and vanilla flavors.
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[edit] History
[edit] Founding
Elsa Kopp opened the first Kopp's stand at 6005 W. Appleton Ave., Milwaukee, WI (now the site of Robert's Frozen Custard) in 1950. A German immigrant with no prior business experience, Elsa started the stand after her husband, Karl Kopp, developed Parkinson's disease.
Some support in starting the business came from Leon Schneider, a custard machine repairman (later the founder of Leon's Frozen Custard), whom Elsa had met while working at a bakery.
The Kopp's frozen custard stand rose in popularity quickly during the 1950's and was soon seen as a Milwaukee staple.[2]
[edit] Flavor of the Day
By 1960 the Kopp's stand had become a great success. It was then that Elsa started further "tweaking" her frozen custard recipes. Initially it was the chocolate and vanilla (tampering with the traditional vanilla was often regarded as "heresy" to the early frozen custard community.) Next came a revolution in the industry as Kopp's began offering special, new flavor concoctions referred to as the "flavor of the day".[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Kopp's, Oscar's top our custard dream team, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- ^ Custard Cool-Off, Shepherd Express
- ^ A peaches 'n' cream career, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
