The story
Mauds Ice Creams was founded by Roberta and John Wilson and was originally part of their grocery business in Carnmoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The ice cream was made in-store, and its sales quickly became the major part of the business, and on Mothers' Day 1982, they renamed the store as Mauds Ice Creams as a Mother's Day gift to John's mother, of that name. Up to the late 1990s, the company used a small local dairy, Deerpark, for its milk, and when that closed, they moved to Ballyrashane Creamaries in Coleraine. By 1998, they employed 15, and had their main factory in Glenoe, near Larne, and a distribution depot in Antrim.
By 2002 the company employed 18, and was exporting to more than 50 customers in the Republic of Ireland; in that year, the company announced plans to grow staffing by 20, and invest around a million pounds, with support from Invest Northern Ireland to grow its export business. Production, originally done between Glenoe and Antrim, was moved in March 2002 to a modern production facility in Carrickfergus. By 2003, production was 40,000 litres a week, peaking at 60,000 litres for the hottest two summer months.
As of 2018, Mauds was the largest manufacturer of ice cream in Northern Ireland.
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