Blue Bell Creameries

Blue Bell Creameries
Company typePrivate
IndustryIce cream
Founded1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Brenham, Texas, U.S.
HeadquartersBrenham, Texas, U.S.
Key people
Jimmy Lawhorn, President[1]
RevenueOver US$500 million (2018)[2] Estimated US$680 million (2014)[3]
Number of employees
Over 1,000 (2018)[4]
Websitebluebell.com

Blue Bell Creameries is an American food company that manufactures ice cream. It was founded in 1907 in Brenham, Texas. For much of its early history, the company manufactured both ice cream and butter locally. In the mid-20th century, it abandoned butter production and expanded to the entire state of Texas and soon much of the Southern United States. The company's corporate headquarters are located at the "Little Creamery" in Brenham, Texas.[5] Since 1919, it has been in the hands of the Kruse family. As of 2015, Blue Bell was the #2 selling ice cream manufacturer in the United States.[6]

  1. ^ Blue Bell (January 9, 2024). "Blue Bell Creameries announces Jimmy Lawhorn as President". Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  2. ^ US$680 million (2014)
  3. ^ "Blue Bell Creameries". privco.com.
  4. ^ "Annual Report on Blue Bell Creameries's Revenue, Growth, SWOT Analysis & Competitor Intelligence - IncFact".
  5. ^ Blue Bell Creameries from the Handbook of Texas Online
  6. ^ "How a billionaire brought back Blue Bell ice cream". The Christian Science Monitor. 2015-07-14. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2020-03-24.