Stewart’s Shops came in first place for Best Strawberry Milk, Best Mint Ice Cream and Best Sherbet at the recent 2024 World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin.
In total, Stewart’s Shops’ milk, half and half, ice cream and sherbet finished in the top three in seven categories of the World Dairy Expo competition, which is open to dairy producers across the world and the only competition of its kind in the United States, the Ballston Spa, New York-based convenience-store chain said.
“Stewart’s prides itself on making quality products, and the World Dairy Expo recognition is a testament to the dedication of our dairy team and the 20 family farms who supply us with fresh, quality milk every day of the year,” said Chad Kiesow, chief operating officer of Stewart’s Shops.
Stewart's Shops is No. 23 on CSP’s 2024 Top 202 ranking of U.S. c-store chains by number of company-owned retail outlets.
In addition to the first place award for Best Strawberry Milk, Stewart’s Shops won first place for its Mint Cookie Crumble Ice Cream (pictured top left). In the sherbet category, Stewart’s won first place with a perfect score for its Mango Dragon Fruit Sherbet (second from left). This was the third time since 2020 that Mango Dragon Fruit has won first place in this category.
In the Cookies and Cookie Dough Ice Cream category, Stewart’s captured second place with its Campfire S’Mores Ice Cream (center). It missed first place by 0.01 points.
In the Peanut Butter Ice Cream category, Stewart’s won second place with its Peanut Butter Pandemonium Ice Cream (far right), while Bark in the Dark (second from right) earned second place in the Best Dark Chocolate Ice Cream category.
Elsewhere, French Vanilla Half and Half won third place in the Dairy Creamer category.
“These awards were announced one month after Stewart’s scored some big wins at the New York State Fair, where we won Best Milk in New York State for the third year in a row,” the company said. “Stewart’s also won first place for Best Chocolate Milk and Best Flavored Milk at the 2024 New York State Fair.”
Founded in 1945, Stewart’s Shops is an employee- and family-owned convenience-store chain known for its milk, ice cream, coffee, Easy Food meals and other convenience items. There are 357 Stewart’s Shops in upstate New York and southern Vermont.
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