industry beverages founded 1926 ; 90 years ago 1926 headquarters edina minnesota u.s. number of locations 5 700 2008 area served worldwide products beverages number of employees 2 362 2008 less than 1 person per store parent berkshire hathaway website orangejulius.com orange julius is a chain of fruit drink beverage stores . it has been in business since the late 1920s . 1 the eponymous beverage is a mixture of ice orange juice sweetener milk powdered egg whites and vanilla flavoring . 2 contents 1 history 2 naming and mascot 3 acqusitions 4 see also 5 notes 6 sources 7 external links history edit an orange julius stall or juice bar outside liat towers orchard road singapore housed together with a dairy queen the drink grew out of an orange juice stand opened in los angeles in 1926 by julius freed . sales were initially modest about 20 a day equivalent to approximately 267 in 2016 dollars 3 . in 1929 bill hamlin freed s real estate broker developed a mixture that made the acidic orange juice less bothersome to his stomach . freed s stand began serving the drink which had a frothier creamier texture . the sales at the stand increased substantially after the introduction of the new drink going up to 100 a day . people began lining up at the store and shouting give me an orange julius eventually the new drink would simply be called the orange julius . 4 during the 1950s and 1960s orange julius was sold at a variety of outlets including state and county fairs and freestanding orange julius stands . the original stand also provided medicinal tonics and bible tracts . naming and mascot edit the orange julius was named the official drink of the 1964 new york world s fair . 5 in the 1970s and early 1980s orange julius beverage stands used the image of a devil with a pitchfork similar to that of the arizona state university mascot sparky around an orange with the slogan a devilish good drink . the company later dropped the logo and slogan after threats of a lawsuit from the asu alumni association . 6 7 for a short period in the early 1970s orange julius expanded into the uk and dutch markets with a fairly large restaurant in golders green selling julius burgers as well as the classic orange drink and a small outlet in the city centre of amsterdam . however this had gone by the mid 70s . citation needed acqusitions edit in 1987 the orange julius chain was bought by international dairy queen . idq and by inclusion since 1999 berkshire hathaway owns the rights to all orange julius stores and have expanded the chain so its drinks are included in many of their dairy queen mall stores called treat centers . 8 in 2004 orange julius launched a line of premium fruit smoothies to compete with smoothie competitors such as jamba juice and smoothie king . in 2012 dairy queen introduced the orange julius line in their restaurants . 9 see also edit gibeau orange julep juice bar notes edit mall brands orange julius miyanville . retrieved 2009 06 27 . girlgonegrits give me an orange julius . retrieved 2014 . check date values in access date help federal reserve bank of minneapolis community development project . consumer price index estimate 1800 . federal reserve bank of minneapolis . retrieved november 10 2015 . http www.orangejulius.com sec about.html orangejulius.com brown ellen supercharge your immune system 100 ways to help your body fight illness one glass at a time beverly ma fair winds press 2008 . isbn 978 1 59233 328 8 . cf. p. 35 . english jason 2007 04 10 . three things i didn t know about orange julius . mental floss . retrieved 2014 01 09 . the former orange julius logo resembled arizona state s sparky a sun devil with a pitchfork . the slogan a devilishly good drink . after threats of a lawsuit from asu s alumni association orange julius retired its mascot . self will . branding is more fundamental to the us psyche than the bible . newstatesman . retrieved 2014 01 09 . what put paid to it or him was a suit by the alumni of arizona state university from whose own logo orange julius had been freely adapted orange julius makes a comeback . retrieved 2009 06 27 . thorn brett august 8 2012 . dairy queen to add orange julius branded smoothies to menu . nation s restaurant news . retrieved may 4 2016 . sources edit mariani john f. 1999 the encyclopedia of american food and drink . new york lebhar friedman . isbn 0 86730 784 6 external links edit official website v t e fast food and fast casual restaurant chains in the united states chicken chains coffeehouse chains pizza chains hamburgers a & w back yard big boy burger king carl s jr. checkers rally s cook out fatburger five guys freddy s fuddruckers the habit hardee s in n out jack in the box johnny rockets krystal mcdonald s roy rogers shake shack smashburger sonic steak n shake wayback wendy s whataburger white castle asian l & l hawaiian barbecue manchu wok panda express pei wei asian diner pick up stix sarku baked goods au bon pain auntie anne s bruegger s 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