founded cavendish prince edward island canada 1983 headquarters charlottetown prince edward island canada number of locations 10 area served canada various markets china key people scott linkletter products ice cream cheese merchandise owner scott linkletter parent sea cross inc. website cows.ca cows is an ice cream manufacturer and chain of ice cream parlors based in charlottetown prince edward island canada . cows was founded in cavendish prince edward island in 1983 and has since expanded into cheddar cheese and cow themed merchandise . cows was named canada s best ice cream in a survey of readers of reader s digest and named the world s top place to get ice cream by tauck world discovery . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 ice cream 2.2 cheese 2.3 merchandise 3 references 4 external links history edit the first cows opened in cavendish prince edward island in 1983 . 1 in 2006 cows began producing cheese including their principal product avonlea clothbound cheddar . 1 cows was voted as canada s best ice cream in a reader s digest opinion poll 2 and in 2008 was listed as number 1 in the world s top ten places for ice cream by tauck world discovery . of cows ten stores located in prince edward island nova scotia ontario alberta and british columbia six of them are in prince edward island where all of the ice cream is produced . 3 the original cows t shirt design was created by a pei graphic artist marc gallant in 1987 . he went on creating several whimsical cow themed designs for 7 years until his death in 1994 . shortly after cows president scott linkletter hired graphic designer shawn mader to continue the line . from 1994 to present day shawn has created over 150 unique cow designs adorning everything from the cows classic 100 % cotton t shirt to calendars mugs pens etc. in 2007 cows announced that they would be building a new 25 000 square feet 2 300 m2 corporate office in charlottetown paid for by a loan from the government of prince edward island . the new cows facility would be modeled after the vermont based ben & jerry s headquarters and would serve as both a centralized production facility for all cows ice cream and shirts . the new headquarters will also act as a tourist attraction where visitors can watch the ice cream and clothing being produced . 4 in 2008 the plan for the facility had grown to 32 000 square feet 3 000 m2 integrating a production area for cheese . 5 products edit ice cream edit cows produce over 32 varieties of super premium ice cream including freckle frenzy a take off of anne of green gables which many cavendish businesses use for marketing . 6 other varieties include gooey mooey wowie cowie and moo crunch . 3 cheese edit in 2006 cows expanded their brand to cheddar cheese . the expansion came after cows owner scott linkletter took a trip to the orkney islands in northern scotland . linkletter was taken by the local cheese and partnered with a local cheese maker who would give him the recipe which would in turn be the foundation for cows signature cheese avonlea clothbound cheddar . while developing the recipe for avonlea clothbound cheddar linletter and prince edward island cheese maker armand bernard created a second cheese pei cheddar . 1 cows makes avonlea clothbound cheddar in 10 kilograms 22 lb wheels and ages it for 12 months . avonlea clothbound cheddar gets the clothbound name from the traditional cheddar making technique of wrapping it in cheese cloth a method that originated in somerset england the town of cheddar where cheddar cheese gets its name from is in the county of somerset . the name avonlea comes from link between prince edward island and anne of green gables . avonlea clothbound cheddar won its category s second prize at the 2008 chicago conference of the american cheese society . 7 in march 2014 cows placed first in two categories at the 2014 world championship cheese contest in madison wisconsin . its appletree smoked cheddar scored 99.30 in class 59 open class smoked hard cheeses and its extra old cheddar scored 98.50 in class 4 cheddar aged one to two years . cows avonlea clothbound cheddar placed sixth in class 7 bandaged cheddar sharp to aged . http wccc.myentries.org contest results event 57 & submit submit search merchandise edit cows markets their product on cow themed merchandise which are parodies of movies such as dairy potter cowy potter and the udder of the phoenix harry potter and television series such as trailer park cows trailer park boys 2 references edit a b c riedl sue 23 april 2008 . a flavour made for al fresco dining . the globe and mail . retrieved 1 february 2010 . a b moon brad 3 august 2009 . geekdad visits prince edward island . wired . retrieved 1 february 2010 . a b cows ice cream named best in world . journal pioneer . 8 july 2008 . retrieved 1 february 2010 . thibodeau wayne 14 february 2007 . province loans cow s 8.1 million to build new headquarters . the guardian pei . retrieved 1 february 2010 . thibodeau wayne 24 july 2008 . cows announces big venture . the guardian pei . retrieved 1 february 2010 . clark jayne 5 august 2008 . anne of green gables still rules prince edward island . usa today . retrieved 1 february 2010 . riedl sue 3 september 2008 . avonlea clothbound cheddar . the globe and mail . retrieved 1 february 2010 . external links edit cows creamery facebook cows creamery s official website cows creamery twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cows creamery & oldid 742867149 categories ice cream manufacturersice cream parlorscompanies based in charlottetownrestaurants established in 19831983 establishments in prince edward islandice cream brands 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 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