Air conditioners selling out in Twin Cities; ice cream sales melt - Bring Me The News

Air conditioners selling out in Twin Cities; ice cream sales melt

In one of the hottest 4th of July holidays on record, big box retailers in the Twin Cities Wednesday said they were selling out of air conditioner units. To the contrary, ice cream vendors said sales have been down because the ice cream they're selling to customers just melts too fast and creates a mess.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Publish date:: Jul 4, 2012

In one of the hottest 4th of July holidays on record, big box retailers in the Twin Cities Wednesday said they were selling out of air conditioner units. To the contrary, ice cream vendors said sales have been down because the ice cream they're selling to customers just melts too fast and creates a mess.

DONTCHA KNOW?

BMTN Newsletters Deliver The Biggest MN Stories

Get Our Newsletter

44315174_685865398479493_7477689438458347520_n

Police are asking the public for help finding the vandals.

Mega Millions

There have been no Mega Millions winners since July.

Alayna Tanaka

She was struck when a semi truck ran a red light.

cold-winter-bundled-up

Remember the harsh cold during the winter of 2013-14?

Jayme Closs

Dispatch logs reveal previously unreported details about the night Jayme went missing.

Ryan Suter

It's also sometimes referred to as a "Shock Doctor."

flickr-sunset-red-hazy-farm-minnesota

Kaleb Fischer was severely injured while repairing a manure spreader.

Jason Lewis

The 2nd District congressman made light of harassment allegations.

Screen Shot 2018-10-19 at 8.02.27 PM

Quite the homecoming for the 2018-19 season.

Danielle Hunter

Another key player is questionable.

Traffic I-35W

Commuters who take 35W northbound into Minneapolis will be pleased.

Jayme Closs

Denise and James Closs were shot dead at their home in Barron on Monday.

Despite opposition from neighbors and a developer of a residential building, Izzy's ice cream-making kitchen and scoop shop broke ground in Minneapolis last week.

Finance & Commerce reports Izzy's Ice Cream is looking to build a new factory and business headquarters in Minneapolis. The lot is just across from Gold Medal Park.

Kemps will dish out 10,000 scoops of free ice cream on Tuesday as part of a fundraiser for the Salvation Army. To get yours, head to Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, between 7th and 8th streets, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cavalier, N.D., residents will likely be in the Guinness Book of World Records after making the planet's longest ice cream sundae along Main Street on Saturday -- about twice as long as the previous record-holder. They used rain gutter as a bowl for the 170 gallons of ice cream. And yeah, they ate it all.

The new flavor came from a Saturday Night Live skit featuring a baker named Pete Schweddy, played by Alec Baldwin. The group One Million Moms is urging people to protest the ice cream, saying its offensive and vulgar.

An ice cream truck owner left his van running outside a St. Paul gas station to keep the frozen treats cold in the 100-degree heat when another man hopped in and made a cool getaway.

Fargo-based Cass-Clay creamery is voluntarily recalling some brands of peppermint bon bon-flavored ice cream because it may contain eggs that aren't listed on the label. The Associated Press reports the recalled products were distributed in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and Wisconsin.