private industry restaurants founded 1990 headquarters lubbock texas key people blake buchanan founder president and brand owner products shaved ice website bahamabucks.com bahama buck s is a privately held franchise specializing in shaved ice and other frozen non alcoholic beverages . the company is headquartered in lubbock texas . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit as a means of finding an income which didn t involve mowing grass or flipping burgers blake buchanan started selling snowcones in 1990 while attending texas tech university . with the help of his now wife kippi father tom now senior vp and friend eric lee now bahama buck s cfo he opened his first franchise in lubbock . 1 as of november 2013 bahama buck s operates 31 stores 23 in texas 5 in arizona 1 in nevada and 2 in new mexico with 61 additional stores in the works . except for stores operated by buchanan all stores are franchised . operations edit in addition to snowcones with over 93 original flavors offered in a tribute to texas tech one flavor is called red raider bahama buck s also offers smoothies fruit cups coffee and specialty colas called bahama sodas . bahama buck s also sells various bahama buck s themed clothing . buchanan is a christian and had formerly used a similar model as of the one used by chick fil a meaning that all bahama buck s stores were closed on sundays . buchanan believed that one day away from work leads to happier employees and happier employees equal better snow . 2 however as of february 2008 most bahama buck s franchisees choose to open on sunday . references edit rawlsexchange2005 insides.indd bahama bucks about bahama bucks external links edit bahama buck s official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bahama buck % 27s & oldid 643979573 categories restaurants in texascompanies based in lubbock texasrestaurants established in 1990 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 24 january 2015 at 17 19 . 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