Dairy Queen
restaurant chain
Dairy Queen is an international chain of fast food restaurants started by John Fremont McCullough on June 22, 1940 in Joliet, Illinois. Dairy Queen's menu is mostly soft serve ice cream, hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken.
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Type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Restaurants |
Founded | Joliet, Illinois, United States (June 22, 1940) |
Headquarters | Edina, Minnesota, United States |
Key people | Warren Buffett John Gainor (CEO) Charles J. Chapman III (COO) James S. Simpson (CFO) Michael Keller (CBO) |
Products | Soft serve Hamburgers Hot dogs Chicken |
Revenue | ![]() |
Number of employees | 2,362 (2008) |
Website | dairyqueen.com |

Operations change
Dairy Queen is Currently Operated in:
Dairy Queen was Previously Operated in:
- Austria (withdrew around 1999)
- Cyprus
- Dominican Republic (withdrew in the 2000s)
- Gabon
- Guam
- Hungary (withdrew in the 1990s)
- Italy
- Japan (withdrew in 1999; expected to reenter)
- Malaysia (withdrew in the 2010s)
- Morocco (withdrew in the 2000s)
- Poland (withdrew in 2016)
- Singapore (withdrew in May 2016)
- Australia
- Puerto Rico (withdrew in the 2000s, expected to reenter)
- Slovenia (withdrew in 2000)
- Turkey (withdrew in the 1990s)
- Macau (withdrew in 2016)
References change
- ↑ Niemela, Jennifer (14 April 2009). "DQ's Q1 same-store sales up 5%". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
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