Blue Bell Creameries
Overview
 
Blue Bell Creameries, founded in 1907, is the manufacturer of Blue Bell brand ice cream
Ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...

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Blue Bell sells its ice cream directly in only 20 states, mostly in the Southern United States
Southern United States
The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...

, although Blue Bell ice cream has also been eaten aboard the International Space Station
International Space Station
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 and at Camp David
Camp David
Camp David is the country retreat of the President of the United States and his guests. It is located in low wooded hills about 60 mi north-northwest of Washington, D.C., on the property of Catoctin Mountain Park in unincorporated Frederick County, Maryland, near Thurmont, at an elevation of...

. Notwithstanding its small market penetration, Blue Bell is the second-best selling ice cream in the United States as a whole.

Corporate headquarters are at the "Little Creamery" in Brenham, Texas
Brenham, Texas
Brenham is a city in east-central Texas in Washington County, Texas, United States, with a population of 16,147 according to the 2009 census. It is the county seat of Washington County...

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The Brenham Creamery Company opened for business in 1907 to purchase excess cream from local dairy farmers and sell butter
Butter
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...

 to people in the Brenham, Texas area.
 
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