From the Desk of the Chief Ice Cream Dipper

Over the winter we've been dreaming and figuring out how to make Young's more desireable to visit, more fun and interesting for our Guests.

Just some of the changes we've done in the past couple of weeks and/or are working on within the next month:

Removed part of a wall at the Dairy Store to open up the dining room, make it easier to get in and out of when we are busy.

Replaced the entrance flooring into the dining room and our server area.

Replace the wallpaper in the dining room of the Dairy Store.

We've removed some chain link fence located between the picnic area and the driving range and batting cages.  This should make it easier to move around that area.

 We are getting ready to build a 'goat walk' -- a much more ambitious (and safe) are for our lpayful goats to climb and put on a show for our Guests.

 Within the next month, we should have installed a vending machine near the batting cages to vend tokens.  It will accept cash and debit or credit cards.  Once again, this is for convenience and speed. We also plan to install a driving range golf ball vending machine located in the covered tee area.

We are adding two large round tables to the choices at The Golden Jersey Inn and replacing a good number of the chairs that have been in daily use for 10 plus years.  The round tables will give our larger groups and familes a good place to sit and talk while enjoying a meal. 

Moovers & Shakers, our golf cart driven barrel ride into our fields, will have a new feature this spring -- a twenty foot giant tunnel!  It looks like fun.

We are repaving about a third of our parking lots and fixing potholes that appeared this winter.   

There's more coming than this summer -- details coming from a future blog. 

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All Natural Flavors of Young’s Ice Cream

We have worked with our suppliers to identify the flavors of ice cream that use all natural ingredients.  This is a big task, as over a year’s time, we make over 110 different flavors of ice cream – some flavors are here all year and some flavors are around for a month or less – it’s just fun to experiment with ice cream flavors!

These are the flavors that we can identify as all natural.  Some of these flavors are permanent and some are seasonal.

•    Vanilla
•    Strawberry
•    Butter Pecan
•    Chocolate Peanut Butter
•    Caramel Chocolate Toffee
•    Chocolate Chunk  Cherry Vanilla
•    Coffee
•    Banana
•    Pumpkin
•    Cinnamon
•    Chocoffee

We are continuing to work with our flavor suppliers to make more flavors all natural and will let you know as we expand this list.

 

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As we are just getting into spring and warm weather, the busy season for Young's is just around the corner. We are happy to see the sun shine -- ice cream sales like warm weather! I don't need to tell you that there is a more than normal amount of uncertainty with a lot of things that affect us at Young's and you, our valued Guests. The price of oil -- with gas prices so high, how is that going to affect visits to Young's this year?

On the one hand, it's more expensive to get in your car and drive 20 or 30 miles to get to our farm. On the other hand, we are a lot closer and cheaper to visit than many of the alternatives, like Kings Island or Cedar's Point, or a Reds game, for example. Only time will tell.

Our Guests can be assured we are focused on making your trip to Young's a worthwhile experience. We hire, train and coach the ways to make each Guest visit a good experience. I know we are not perfect and we don't always deliver, but we always strive to make your visit fun and enjoyable -- worth your money, time and gas! The price of oil has affected so many things. Last year our packaging (paper, plastic, or other) went up 12-20%). I don't need to tell many of you how the cost of dairy, eggs, sugar and flour have increased.

Most of this can be attributed to the use of so much corn to make ethanol. I don't know what the long term solutions are to the energy crisis, but I don't think the idea of using corn is a sustainable idea. It may be a short term fix, but the worldwide disruption in food prices caused by this just isn't going to work in the future. We are at work inventing new things to do at Young's this year (more on that in another posting). We are also replacing some old floors and wallpaper at the Dairy Store, getting some new furniture in and repairing a major part of our parking lot. Kinda boring stuff, but it's a part of everyday business and taking care of our Guests. Take care -- I hope to see you soon at Young's. Thanks for your business. Dan

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