Terry O'Reilly

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It manufactured several products, including ice cream machines.

At that time, ice cream trucks were becoming popular, and people were coming to Sweden Freezer to buy ice cream machines.

Then they were bolting them onto trucks.

But that became problematic.

The ice cream machines would bounce around in the trucks, become damaged, and there was no way to keep the ice cream cool.

Seeing this problem, the Conway brothers spotted an opportunity.

So they went to their bosses at Sweden Freezer and proposed setting up a separate division that would build and service ice cream trucks.

Their bosses hated the idea.

So the brothers quit their day jobs to start an ice cream truck business of their own in Philadelphia.

The Conways had the technical knowledge and skills to build functioning ice cream trucks.

At first, they began selling unbranded trucks, manufacturing three a day.

Then, they had an epiphany.

Instead of just selling trucks, why not figure out a way to get a steady stream of revenue from each sale?

So they decided to go into the ice cream truck franchise business.

At first, they called their business the Dairy Van.

Thinking it wasn't catchy enough, they changed the name to Dairy King, but worried it might stir up trouble with Dairy Queen.

So they asked for help from a friend in the advertising business.

The Conways explained they were selling soft ice cream because it served up faster than hard ice cream.

The ad guy came back with Softie, spelled with two E's.

But when they put Softie on the truck, it just didn't seem to have any authority.

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