Artisan Ice Cream

‘After foot and mouth, we knew we wanted to diversify into making ice cream but we didn't know where to start until we were recommended to contact RSS. They supplied all our equipment and taught us everything we needed to know to open our ice cream parlour on the farm.’
Claire Bland, Abbot Lodge Jersey Ice Cream, Clifton, Nr Penrith

The best ice cream … naturally

The luxurious taste of a freshly made artisan ice cream is hard to beat! That’s because artisan ice cream uses the only the simplest ingredients: milk, sugar and cream.

Artisan ice cream is a fresh product too. Dairy farmers can milk their cows at dawn, use the milk to make ice cream in the morning and sell it in the afternoon. Many of our customers are dairy farmers who have diversified into ice cream making. (To read some of their stories, visit Case Studies.)

Why set up an artisan ice cream business?

Making and selling your own artisan ice cream gives you a chance to make a great name for yourself. You can create your own product range and develop your own flavours – your imagination is your limit!

Luxury ice cream is big business these days too. For information on the set up costs and the all-important profit margins, visit Investment and Profits.

What support can RSS Hereford offer you?

From dairy farmers looking to increase the profitability of their milk to bakers looking to develop their product range we can help. We have the experience and knowledge to be able to advise you on setting up your ice cream business, marketing it and more.

We provide training for you and your staff. We have a professional demonstration laboratory so you can find out how easy it is to make artisan ice cream. We give you recipes you can use while you’re developing your own range.

We also offer a full shop design service. We can design, supply and fit a complete ice cream shop from production machines to display cabinets, fixtures and fittings. See some shop design layouts we’ve created for customers.

And on your opening day, we’ll even make your ice cream while you get on with meeting your new customers.