Carvel (franchise)

Carvel

A Carvel franchise location in Canton, Michigan
Company type	Subsidiary of Focus Brands
Industry	Dessert
Genre	Ice cream parlor
Founded	1929; 95 years ago (1929) in Hartsdale, New York
Founder	Tom Carvel
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia , United States
Number of locations	320
Area served	United States
Key people	Jim Salerno (Chief Brand Officer) Jim Holthouser (CEO)
Products	Soft serve, milkshakes, sundaes, frozen treats, cakes
Services	Franchising
Revenue	US$67.8 million (2019)
Owner	Roark Capital Group
Parent	Focus Brands
Website	www.carvel.com
Footnotes / references https://www.focusbrands.com/leadership/

Carvel is an American ice cream franchise owned by Focus Brands.^[1] Carvel is best known for its soft-serve ice cream and ice cream cakes, which feature a layer of distinctive "crunchies". It also sells a variety of novelty ice cream bars and ice cream sandwiches. Its slogan is "America's Freshest Ice Cream".

Carvel operates a chain of 320 ice cream outlets, primarily concentrated in the Northeast United States and Florida. It has locations across 19 states and Puerto Rico in high-traffic areas such as airports, malls, and sports arenas. The company also sells ice cream cakes in more than 8,500 supermarkets.^[2][3]

Since 2001, the corporation has been owned by Roark Capital Group and operated as part of Focus Brands. As of 2020, the Carvel corporate website reports "more than 400 franchise and foodservice locations in more than 20 states and over 10 countries."^[4]