HB Ice Cream

HB Ice Cream (originally an acronym for both Hughes Brothers and Hazelbrook Farm) is an ice cream brand in Ireland and is part of the Unilever Group's Heartbrand ice cream brand.

It manufactures most of the Heartbrand's ice cream range, as well as some products designed exclusively for the Irish market, including the Hazelbrook Farm range of blocks of ice-cream.

In Northern Ireland, both HB and Wall's ice-cream (the UK variant of the Heartbrand) are available, and in recent years have been promoted together as HB Wall's.

History

The company was founded in 1926 as Hughes Brothers by James, George, and William Hughes at Hazelbrook Farm in Rathfarnham, Dublin. In 1964, the milk distribution operations of HB were transferred to Premier Dairies. The rest of the company was sold to W. R. Grace and Company and subsequently became part of Unilever in 1973.

In 2005, the HB Ice Cream plant in Rathfarnham was closed with the loss of 180 jobs. HB Ice Cream's local Irish brands are now manufactured by Lakeland Dairies in Killeshandra, County Cavan.

See also

• Heartbrand
• Unilever
• Wibbly Wobbly Wonder

References

• Tears and Smiles as the HB Factory Close, Rathfarnham Community Website
• See "The Story of HB" "80 years of Ireland's favourite Ice Cream" by Paul Mulhern and Kieran Fagan. First Published

by Unilever Ireland, 20 Riverwalk, National Digital Park, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24.
Copyright Paul Mulhern and Kieran Fagan 2006. ISBN 978-0-9552292-0-6

External links

• HB Ice Cream
• Unilever Ireland
• Lakeland Dairies.
• Hazelbrook House rebuilt in Bunratty Castle Folk Park