ice cream vans, does anyone use them any more?

[Samcro]

not the ones at events and schools. one has just gone round our estate. I just can't work out how they make money(kids are still at school)

Extremely rarely. Maybe once a year. There's one that comes round our estate but it's £4.50 for a waffle cone ice cream and flake! 😱

He still comes round here every week though so I assume somebody is buying them.

They don't make their money from ice cream

We hear two in our area a lot, so assume someone must.

The one near us makes a fortune, he posts on the local FB which roads he's going to next, always a queue..and in the winter he does hot desserts.

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The one round us is out at all hours of the night in the worst of weather. I'm pretty sure he's selling other wares.

ds used to say that when he was a teen, thought he was making it up

My DS loves it when they comes here

One parks near DDs school on warm days. The queue can take 15+ minutes.

They don't drive round for the hell of it

Of course people use them

I’ve not used one in a long time. But having said that, if one happened to be parked as I’m walking past, I may use it.

We used to have 3 at the old house. always a roaring trade, nobody needs that much ice cream.

The lines of kids round our way use them

There’s a gentleman who owns one in our estate. During the school day he works as a delivery man to several local pharmacies. He only starts being an icecream man after 3:30pm.

Every week from March to September!

But even then it’s a side business.

We do at parks etc.

There used to be one in my town. Per the newspapers reports last year he was selling Icecream.

My landlord owns the company that runs the ice cream vans, I ain't giving him money twice😂 though he does park right outside my window...

Yes! Quite often. The old chap that does the one in my town is a second generation ice cream man 😃and he is so cheerful & friendly with the kids.

Happily I live in semi-rural north Yorkshire so ice cream van prices are not extortionate (yet).

I've spotted 3 different ones in my area alone,and from what I've noticed,they seem to do a pretty good trade.

They supply drugs in my neighbourhood.

Whenever I can-I love an oyster!

Yes we do go to the one that comes round our estate now and again. We are into week 2 of the school holidays so they are round quite a bit.

We have one that usually comes around once a weekon a Saturday afternoon. My daughter will always have something even if I don't. He is a Mr Whippy type van.