Cadwalader's Ice Cream
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| Coffee, ice cream and food cafe | |
| Industry | Ice cream parlour/Cafe/Coffee Shop |
| Founded | Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales (1927) |
| Founder | David and Hannah Cadwalader |
| Headquarters | UK, Cardiff, Wales |
Number of locations | 9 |
Area served | Wales, Staffordshire |
| Products | Ice Cream, Cakes, Coffee, food |
| Slogan | Take some time out. |
| Website |
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Cadwaladers is a family run chain of cafes that originated in Gwynedd, Wales.[1] The original ice cream parlour was introduced by husband and wife David and Hannah Cadwalader in 1927 in Criccieth and was originally run as a general store. The business was passed onto one of their children, Dafydd, who changed the emphasis of the store and removed fish from sale.[2] He sold, from the end of World War II, vanilla ice cream that Hannah Cadwalader developed. The vanilla ice cream was made on the premises with a secret recipe which is still being used today. The tagline of the vanilla ice cream was 6 lbs of "shan't tell you" and "a great deal of love and care."[3]
After Dafydd Cadwalader died in 1983, Cadwalader's was bought by a family of Welsh entrepreneurs, The Andrews Family who also own Castle Leisure.[4] The owners expanded the business to cover North Wales and Cardiff. Today, Cadwalader's stores can be found in Wales at Betws-y-Coed, Barry Island, Criccieth, Porthmadog, Tenby and 3 stores in Cardiff. There is also a store in England at Trentham Gardens.[5][6]
As well as the original Cadwaladers vanilla ice cream and a variety of flavoured ice creams and sundaes, the cafe also sells its own bespoke blends of coffee, loose leaf tea and other hot drinks.[3]
The Criccieth store holds weekly live Jazz out of high season from September to June.[7]
Administration
In September 2015, the business went into administration after a number of setbacks including losses following the opening of a new store in Manchester in 2010, the forced closure of the Portmeirion store in 2013 and poor sales in Summer 2015.[8] The administrators Deloitte were appointed but the company was bought out by the management team. 5 of the stores had to close, with the loss of 10 jobs, but the restructuring secured 92 jobs.[9]
References
- ↑ "Ice cream firm Cadwaladers creates 30 new jobs in expansion". bbc.co.uk (BBC News). Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "Cadwalader ice cream family reunite in Criccieth". dailypost.co.uk (Trinity Mirror Merseyside). Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- 1 2 "It's Cadwaladers Time!". www.cadwaladers.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "Cadwalader’s opens new ice cream store in Manchester". walesonline.co.uk (Media Wales). Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "Cadwalader's Ice Cream". gluten-free-onthego.com. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ↑ "Out for a Bite: Cadwalader's Ice Cream Cafe, Criccieth". northwales.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ↑ "Cadwaladers Ice Cream a tourist attraction in Criccieth, Gwynedd, to visit". www.touruk.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "CADWALADER (ICE CREAM) LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "92 jobs saved as Cadwaladers ice cream chain bought out of administration". walesonline.co.uk (Media Wales). Retrieved 5 April 2016.