McDonald's And Dairy Queen Have A Hidden Ice Cream Connection Dating Back To The '50s

McDonald's and Dairy Queen have some things in common. They're both multi-billion-dollar businesses. They're both famous around the world. And, between them, have been putting smiles on American faces for over 150 years. However, McDonald's and Dairy Queen also have a hidden connection that goes all the way back to their early days — they've shared the same supplier for their ice cream mix in St Petersburg, Florida, dating back to the 1950s.

McDonald's And Dairy Queen Have A Hidden Ice Cream Connection Dating Back To The '50s. McDonald's and Dairy Queen have some things in common. They're both multi-billion-dollar businesses. They're both famous around the world. And, between them, have been putting smiles on American faces for over 150 years. However, McDonald's and Dairy Queen also have a hidden connection that goes all the way back to their early days — they've shared the same supplier for their ice cream mix in St Petersburg, Florida, dating back to the 1950s. So while there are many differences between the McFlurry and the Dairy Queen Blizzard, they do have Dairy-Mix Inc. in common. The first Dairy Queen opened in 1940 in Joliet, Illinois, while McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Mississippi in 1955 (the oldest operating McDonald's, incidentally, is in Downey, Cal...