type subsidiary industry foods founded 1976 headquarters san francisco california united states website www.doublerainbow.com double rainbow is a brand of premium ice cream sorbet and soy based ice cream based in san francisco california . the company has franchises across the united states and also sells quart and half gallon products through chains such as trader joe s. all of their ice creams are certified kosher by the orthodox union . 1 history edit double rainbow was founded in 1976 by michael sachar and steve fink two friends from brooklyn who moved to san francisco and opened an ice cream parlor on castro street . they sold haagen dazs ice cream until haagen dazs demanded they stop ; they then developed their own brand of ice cream which became locally popular and then saw increasing success after they won a 1982 ice cream contest in philadelphia . the chain expanded to southern california in 1985 . 2 in the late 1980s the company pursued legal action against haagen dazs in an unsuccessful effort to end haagen dazs s distributor exclusivity requirements . 3 4 5 references edit ice cream double rainbow nancy rivera double rainbow heads for l.a. los angeles times february 17 1985 . small ice cream firm says haagen dazs trying to freeze it out associated press in deseret news november 25 1985 . martha groves court ruling fails to melt double rainbow s resolve los angeles times march 7 1990 . candy sagon frozen out ; how a pint sized company learned a giant lesson the washington post may 3 1995 via highbeam research subscription required . external links edit official website this brand name food or drink product related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title double rainbow ice cream & oldid 743698404 categories ice cream brandscompanies based in san franciscofood and drink in the san francisco bay areakosher foodbrand name food products stubshidden categories subscription required using viapages containing links to subscription only contentall stub articles 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 10 october 2016 at 19 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view