ago 1929 founder bill o sullivan number of locations 25 1 area served united states products popcorn caramel corn parent berkshire hathaway website karmelkorn.com karmelkorn is an american popcorn retailer . it was founded in 1929 in casper wyoming by bill o sullivan . initially karmelkorn stores sold popcorn and caramel corn out of downtown storefronts but by the 1960s the chain began operating out of shopping malls . by 1982 the chain had 270 shops in 43 states . 2 in 1986 dairy queen s parent company idq now part of berkshire hathaway purchased the karmelkorn chain . 3 4 dairy queen began co branding karmelkorn with the dairy queen and orange julius brands . 5 see also edit food portal list of popcorn brands references edit find a karmelkorn gourmet popcorn shoppe . karmelkorn.com . retrieved 2015 04 01 . united states 1982 . franchise opportunities . sterling pub . co. retrieved 2015 04 01 . karmelkorn gourmet popcorn and popcorn gifts . karmelkorn.com . retrieved 2015 04 01 . restaurant business . restaurant business . 1986 . retrieved 2015 04 01 . eberts m. ; gisler m. ; brothers l. 1995 . opportunities in fast food careers . vgm career horizons . p. 15 . isbn 9780844244020 . retrieved 2015 04 01 . external links edit official website v t e berkshire hathaway board of directors warren buffett chairman and ceo charlie munger howard graham buffett susan decker bill gates david gottesman charlotte guyman donald keough thomas murphy ronald olson walter scott jr. insurance applied underwriters berkshire hathaway assurance berkshire hathaway homestate companies kansas bankers surety company berkshire hathaway specialty insurance boatus central states indemnity gateway underwriters agency geico gen re medical protective national indemnity company guard insurance seaworthy insurance company united states liability insurance group materials and construction acme brick benjamin moore & co. charter brokerage clayton homes international metalworking companies johns manville lubrizol marmon marmon herrington procor union tank car company mitek mouser electronics precision castparts corp. shaw industries tti furniture cort business services jordan s furniture larson juhl nebraska furniture mart rc willey home furnishings star furniture apparel brooks sports fruit of the loom russell vanity fair fechheimer brothers garanimals h.h. brown shoe group acme boots justin brands louis transportation berkshire hathaway automotive burlington northern santa fe corporation flightsafety international forest river marquis jet mclane netjets netjets europe utlx xtra lease food ctb international international dairy queen dairy queen karmelkorn orange julius kraft heinz the pampered chef see s candies media the buffalo news business wire bh media bristol herald courier culpeper star exponent the daily nonpareil danville register & bee dothan eagle eden daily news the eagle enterprise ledger grand island independent hickory daily record independent tribune jackson county floridan kearney hub martinsville bulletin the morning news nelson county times news & record news & messenger north platte telegraph omaha world herald opelika auburn news the press of atlantic city roanoke times richmond times dispatch star herald statesville record & landmark the daily progress the free lance star the mcdowell news the news & advance the news herald the news virginian the reidsville review tulsa world waco tribune herald winston salem journal york news times wplg jewelry ben bridge jeweler borsheim s fine jewelry helzberg diamonds richline group scott fetzer campbell hausfeld ginsu kirby world book encyclopedia energy midamerican energy company nv energy pacificorp northern powergrid calenergy generation kern river gas transmission company northern natural gas homeservices of america other duracell oriental trading company related articles blue chip stamps wesco financial owned assets category v t e popcorn brands act ii american pop corn company angie s kettle corn butterkist cape cod cracker jack crunch n munch fiddle faddle great value healthy choice jiffy pop karmelkorn lesserevil lolly gobble bliss bombs lucky elephant popcorn market pantry orville redenbacher s pop secret pop weaver popcorn indiana poppycock smartfood trail s end weaver popcorn company category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title karmelkorn & oldid 725956414 categories berkshire hathawayrestaurants established in 1929fast food franchisesfood and drink companies of the united statespopcorn brands1929 establishments in wyoming navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 june 2016 at 00 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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