verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message fieldbrook foods corporation trading name fieldbrook farms type private corporation industry food founded 1914 founder william j. wells headquarters 1 ice cream drive dunkirk ny 14048 united states key people kenneth a. johnson president ceo products ice cream frozen desserts services private label parent arbor investments website fieldbrookfoods.com fieldbrook farms is the trade name of fieldbrook foods corporation a 100 million manufacturer of private label ice cream and frozen desserts based out of dunkirk new york . it is the largest private label supplier in the east . 1 the company produces more than 1 500 varieties of packaged frozen desserts ice cream and novelties . these products include ice cream frozen yogurt sherbet & sorbet sandwiches ic fudge bars ice pops juice & fruit bars cones cups and sorbet bars . contents 1 history 1.1 dunkirk ice cream 1.2 fieldbrook farms 2 references 3 external links history edit dunkirk ice cream edit the company was founded by william j. wells in 1914 under the name dunkirk ice cream . it was family owned and operated for four generations until 1996 . 2 dunkirk ice cream agreed to produced again for tops markets starting in january 1996 the my favorite ice cream line which consists of 21 flavors . 3 fieldbrook farms edit a james greco led investment group purchased dunkirk ice cream asset and renamed the company fieldbrook farms inc. in mid 1996 . 2 4 a fourth generation wells family member william wells continued on as company president . 2 in december 1997 fieldbrook farms acquired the assets of portland maine based deering ice cream which was founded in 1886 bringing with it the howard johnson brand ice cream rights . 2 on may 3 1999 fieldbrook farms acquired parmalat usa s business with its private label clients while taking over parmlat s kinnett dairy which was founded in 1908 . 4 fieldbrook in july 2000 agreed with fan brands major league baseball s marketing agency for team themed products . the company also agreed to produced two private label ice cream lines the premium line absolutely divine and regular gold emblem for cvs health in november 2000 . 5 in october 2000 fieldbrook announced a new bowl topping product line in october for which the company received a half a million dollar grant from empire state development corp. new york s state development agency . the topping line production was expected to start in 2001 . 5 a market slump causing the company to close its georgia plant and miss a loan payment to ge capital . that plus increasing milk cost caused in september 2001 fieldbrook farms inc. filed for bankruptcy chapter 11 . the company operated during bankruptcy was allowed to auction itself off . spruce bank enterprises llc a private investment fund and food giant suiza foods corp. bid for the company with spruce bank having the winning bid . ken johnson was named president and chief operating officer of the company by spruce bank . in march 2002 the company was renamed fieldbrook foods corporation while continuing to operate as fieldbrook farms . 1 in december 2010 fiedlbrook foods agreed to be acquired by arbor investments . 6 references edit a b new name new owners for fieldbrook farms . ice cream reporter . march 20 2002 . retrieved august 26 2016 via the free library . a b c d hartley tom 2000 06 02 . private label producer finds favor in the freezer . business first of buffalo . redman russell january 29 1996 . tops brings back my favorite ice cream . super market news . penton media food group . retrieved august 26 2016 . a b fieldbrook farms moves south . ice cream reporter . may 20 1999 . retrieved august 26 2016 via free library . a b fieldbrook farms to produce private label for cvs drug chain . ice cream reporter . november 20 2000 . retrieved august 26 2016 via free library . mitchell dan december 16 2010 . deal frenzy in aisle 4 . fortune . retrieved august 26 2016 . external links edit fieldbrookfoods.com businessweek profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fieldbrook farms & oldid 740330038 categories companies based in new yorkice cream brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2008all articles needing additional references 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 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