Cold Stone Creamery was founded in 1988, by married couple Donald and Susan Sutherland. The Sutherlands were ice cream fanatics & traveled all over the world trying to find the perfect ice cream. Unsatisfied with the ice cream they discovered, the Sutherlands set out to open a new ice cream shop that would be far different than the prepackaged ice cream that arrived in vats at their local ice cream shops in town. They wanted ice cream that was made in-house, on the very same day their customers came in to get a sundae or cone. The quest for the perfect ice cream franchise opportunity is the reason Cold Stone Creamery was founded, and it’s why Cold Stone Creamery continues to rise in popularity.