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A Little Bit of History. Back in 1945, Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins had a pretty great idea. See, they were big ice cream people. So while every other ice cream shop stuck with vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry, they decided to go big. Like, “let’s offer 31 flavors instead” big. Because ice cream should be an every day treat.
Business Magnate. Together with his brother-in-law, Irv Robbins, he founded the Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors ice cream chain franchise.
Apr 4, 2024 · Baskin, who served as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander in World War II, bought an ice cream freezer from an aircraft carrier supply officer and sold his first ice cream to fellow servicemen in the South Pacific. A decade later, in 1953, Irv Robbins and Burt Baskin would open the first Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop.
Burt Baskin was born in Streator, Illinois on December 17, 1913, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baskin. The son of Harold Baskin, a Russian-Jewish immigrant who had arrived in the United States in 1925 and who owned a clothing store. He graduated from Streator Township High School in 1931 and from the University of Illinois in 1935 and was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. Harry Baskin had ...
Aug 18, 2023 · Baskin-Robbins mint chocolate chip ice cream (Photo: Baskin-Robbins on Facebook) Flavors like Jamoca Almond Fudge and Cherries Jubilee were born from the innovative thinking and creativity of Jewish founders Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins — at a time when Jewish entrepreneurs began to dominate the U.S. ice cream industry.
Oct 10, 2008 · Today, more than a half-century after Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins came up with the idea of having one flavor for every day of the month in a single ice cream store, Baskin-Robbins (now a wholly ...
Richard Baskin (nephew) Burt Baskin (brother-in-law) Isadore Familian (brother-in-law) Irvine "Irv" Robbins (December 6, 1917 – May 5, 2008) was a Canadian-born American businessman. He co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1945 with his partner and brother-in-law Burt Baskin. [1]
