Del's

Del's Lemonade & Refreshments, Inc.

A container of Del's Lemonade in Rhode Island
Restaurant information
Slogan	"Stop at the Sign of the Lemon!"
Established	1948
Current owner(s)	Bruce DeLucia
City	Cranston
State	Rhode Island
Country	United States
Website	http://www.dels.com/

Del's is a brand of frozen lemonade typically found in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts during the summer months. Del's lemonade is available in 20 states.^[1] Frozen lemonade is a kind of slush. It is made from crushed ice, lemons, and sugar. In Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts "Del's" is synonymous with frozen lemonade.

History

Del's was founded by Angelo DeLucia, who originally received the recipe for lemonade from his father, Franco DeLucia, who brought the recipe to the United States from Italy. Angelo then developed a machine to dispense their product.

The first Del's stand was a small, pushable cart in Cranston, Rhode Island, in 1948. Soon afterwards, Angelo started using "Del's Trucks" to serve the beverage anywhere in the state. The company still uses the trucks today in addition to its storefront locations.

In 1993, Rhode Island legislature made an attempt to select an official state beverage. Del's lemonade and coffee milk were chosen as "finalists"; however, coffee milk was eventually chosen as the official state beverage.

The 2011 television movie Lemonade Mouth, a Disney Channel Original Movie adapted from the book of the same name by Rhode Island author Mark Peter Hughes, prominently features "Mel's Frozen Lemonade," which the author has indicated is a parody of Del's.

A Del's Lemonade stand in San Francisco

Angelo DeLucia died on September 6, 2007.

Products

There are eight flavors of the popular drink: lemon, lite lemon, watermelon, peach-mango, blueberry, cherry, grapefruit, and pomegranate. Coffee was once a flavor but has not appeared on the menu for many years. Del's also sells other various products such as warm pretzels, candy, hot dogs, and popcorn.

In partnership with Del's, the Narragansett Brewing Company produces a shandy called Del's Shandy.^[2]

Distribution

Del's operates franchises selling their prepared product, with 20 locations in Rhode Island, the most of any state, as well as locations throughout the US, and even internationally. Trucks selling the product are often seen at popular beach locations in summer months. The Del's "take-home" mix and non-frozen variety of lemonade can be found in grocery stores throughout the world.

References

↑ Perreault, Denise (July 23, 2014). "Del's lemonade folks squeezed from festival again". The Valley Breeze. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
↑ "Del's Shandy". Narragansett Brewing Company. Retrieved 2014-07-22.

External links

Del's website

Lemonade

Brands	Cottee's Country Time Del's Fruitopia Jones Soda Leed Lemonsoda Leninade Lift Maine Soft Drinks Minute Maid R. White's Lemonade Simply Orange Sunkist Wests Woodroofe

Types	Brown lemonade Chanh muối Lemonade Limonada cimarrona Papelón con limón Red lemonade

List of lemonade topics

Ice-based beverages and desserts

Beverages

Iced coffee	Frappuccino Iced cappuccino

Frozen carbonated beverages	Slurpee ICEE Thirst Buster Froster

Frozen alcoholic beverages	Frozen margarita Frozen daiquiri Freaky Ice

Frozen non-carbonated beverage (slushes)	Slush Puppie Frozen lemonade (Del's)

Desserts

Freezie	Otter Pop Fla-Vor-Ice Bon Ice Calippo

Ice pop	Popsicle Rim Jim Fab Melona

Shaved ice	Sno-ball Snow cone Ais kacang Shave ice Shikashika Kakigōri Shirokuma (kakigōri) Piragua Baobing Patbingsu Es campur Halo-halo Granita

List of frozen dessert brands

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