Goodbye, Stewart's: I was glad to see that Stewart's has all of its ice cream on sale this week, including my favorite - Mounds of Coconut. Unfortunately, they have raised the price...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I was glad to see that Stewart's has all of its ice cream on sale this week, including my favorite - Mounds of Coconut. Unfortunately, they have raised the price again. It was $3.99 last week, but it's $4.16 or 2/$8.00 this week. Not only that, but my favorite flavor isn't available. They posted it as one of their flavors, but it's a "Special," rarely available. With that increase, Stewart's price has risen higher than what the supermarket charges, and all of their flavors are always that price. Goodbye, Stewart's!

pdsdville Loc: Midlothian, Tx

Just saw Blue Bell, the Texas standard, at $8.99 a gallon. I think I'll pass on that till the craving gets to great.

bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

If you like rich, creamy vanilla Ice Cream, Costco has it ... box comes with two separate 1.89-liter cartons of ice cream and costs $14.99 ...a tad less than Blue Bell.
(Note: I think "pdsdville" meant Blue Bell at $8.99 for 1/2 Gallon).

https://www.costcuisine.com/post/costco-kirkland-signature-super-premium-vanilla-ice-cream-review

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

pdsdville wrote:

Just saw Blue Bell, the Texas standard, at $8.99 a gallon. I think I'll pass on that till the craving gets to great.

If that for a whole gallon, that's pretty good. Stores now sell half gallon and three-pint packages.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bobbyjohn wrote:

If you like rich, creamy vanilla Ice Cream, Costco has it ... box comes with two separate 1.89-liter cartons of ice cream and costs $14.99 ...a tad less than Blue Bell.
(Note: I think "pdsdville" meant Blue Bell at $8.99 for 1/2 Gallon).

https://www.costcuisine.com/post/costco-kirkland-signature-super-premium-vanilla-ice-cream-review

$8.99 for a half gallon is a bit more than I would pay.

Costco is a two-hour round-trip drive for me.

BebuLamar

Inflation makes everything expensive but I wouldn't worry about the cost of ice cream. If I eat all the ice cream I want I would die before I run out of money.

Old Coot

You need to try "Tillamook" Ice cream from Oregon. Best ever.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I scream, you scream, we all scream about the prices of ice cream.

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

Old Coot wrote:

You need to try "Tillamook" Ice cream from Oregon. Best ever.

I whole heartedly agree. They are one of the best Ice Cream brands available.
Check them out at Tillamook.They have quite an assortment of flavors.
I don't know if they are available nationwide but they are worth looking for.

I particularly like these two. Banana Split & Peaches & Cream.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

I used to think that everything was cheaper in the US but not ice-cream after reading this. A 1/2 gallon at USD 8.99=NZD 14.65 and from Costco 2 (slightly less than 2l cartons) for USD14.99=NZD24.43 (or NZD12.21 per carton) are both so much more than our ice-cream. Our favorite is Deep South and 2l costs NZD8.23 or USD5.05.
Good to see at least one thing is cheaper here.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I've been eating Tillamook for a while now since the local grocery store carries it. My favorite, however, is direct from a dairy run by a friend of mine. But it's a 3 hour round trip so I don't get it very often. And of course my doctor recommends I limit ingestion to something like a gallon a year. My capability (and desire) is 50 times that.

Quality ice cream is worth the cost.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

DirtFarmer wrote:

...my doctor recommends I limit ingestion to something like a gallon a year.

Find a new doctor!

LovetheMts Loc: Adirondacks

jerryc41 wrote:

If that for a whole gallon, that's pretty good. Stores now sell half gallon and three-pint packages.

I don't get it Jerry - if you think $8.99 /gal for Bluebell is a "pretty good" price - why are you complaining about $8.38/gal for Stewarts? (or $8/gal when it is on sale this week).
I love Stewarts for their milk, ice cream and eggs (all LOCAL) and will never stop going there.

nervous2 Loc: Provo, Utah

DirtFarmer wrote:

I've been eating Tillamook for a while now since the local grocery store carries it. My favorite, however, is direct from a dairy run by a friend of mine. But it's a 3 hour round trip so I don't get it very often. And of course my doctor recommends I limit ingestion to something like a gallon a year. My capability (and desire) is 50 times that.

Quality ice cream is worth the cost.

Opt for the short, but very happy life.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

LovetheMts wrote:

I don't get it Jerry - if you think $8.99 /gal for Bluebell is a "pretty good" price - why are you complaining about $8.38/gal for Stewarts? (or $8/gal when it is on sale this week).
I love Stewarts for their milk, ice cream and eggs (all LOCAL) and will never stop going there.

If it's a gallon, that's $4.50 for a half gallon, "pretty good." Stewart's on sale is now $4.16 for a half gallon, but I have no idea what their regular price is. $8.99 for a half gallon sounded ridiculous, but half that price is reasonable. I don't recall seeing ice cream for sale by the gallon.

For decades, ice cream was sold in half gallon packages. A few years ago, most companies switched to three pints, although some companies still sell a full half gallon.

Stewart's milk also costs quite a bit more. Even with their "Milk Club," you wind up paying more, despite one free gallon after you buy twenty.