Scoop Up a Free Cone at Dairy Queen
Monday, March 20 is a free cone day at Dairy Queen!
Welcoming the spring of 2023, the Minnesota-based fast food chain is celebrating a free cone day.
DQ offers all its customers an iconic vanilla soft-serve cone without having to pay a single penny.
Setting its foundation in 1940, DQ opened its first restaurant in Joliet, Illinois. Ever since then, DQ has been flourishing. International Dairy Queen inc, (IDQ) based in Minneapolis, Minnesota is the parent company of American Dairy Queen Corporation and Dairy Queen Canada, inc.
Licenses are developed, and it services a system of over 7,000 locations in the United States, Canada and more than 20 countries. IDQ is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway inc, led by Warren Buffett. Buffett is the legendary Chief executive officer of Berkshire.
He also invests in the same. Berkshire Hathaway acquired all of Dairy Queen for the whopping amount of $585 million.
Abiding by its mission, DQ has been helping create positive memories for all those who touch DQ. In the year 2015, it celebrated its 75th Fanniversary.
It has achieved several milestones throughout the years and emerged as a leading name in the fast food business. Dairy Queen is popularly known for its yummy frozen treats and classic foods like French fries, burgers, chicken strips and so much more. A huge number of people run to DQ to satisfy their sweet cravings.
The commencement of spring varies depending on the hemisphere. Spring begins with the spring Equinox or vernal equinox. In the northern hemisphere, it is the equinox in March.
As spring starts, the length of the day increases dramatically in most regions causing a temperature rise. It is celebrated around the world with various spring traditions, holidays and festivals.
It is a much-loved tradition of Dairy Queen to ring in the warm season. All its fans can get one free of charge vanilla cone, with an adorable curl on top. The limit is one cone per person, only for as long as the supplies can provide.
You miss out on the treat if you plan to place an online order, get moving! All that you’ve got to do is walk into your nearest local Dairy Queen and ask for a free cone, no purchase is required at all.
According to DQ, the freezing treat can be availed at any valid participating U.S. non-small locations.
The DQ fans willing to satisfy their sweet tooth can head to DairyQueen.com or the DQ mobile app to locate their local DQ restaurant. Fans of DQ can also connect with DQ via social media platforms using @DairyQueen, #FreeConeDay and #HappyTastesGood.
Anyone who’s had DQ’s soft serve cone would most definitely be interested in knowing how they could replicate the recipe at home. It remains a top secret how they prepare such delicious ice creams, the executives won’t even whisper a word about it during the interviews.
Dairy Queen’s chief branding officer Michael Keller expressed that there’s no way DQ can tell its fans what constitutes the formula. They store it in a highly secure deposit box and there are only a few keys to get there.
If you weren’t aware of how seriously Dairy Queen takes its soft serve, you are now. The soft serve is an iconic item of DQ.
Along with kickstarting the spring season with a breezy feeling, the free of charge cone day also resembles the beginning of the much popular treat season. It is the time of the year when the weather warms up, and the only delicious respite offered by freezing temperatures should be sweet treats.
Maria Hokanson, executive vice president of marketing at ADQ said that they like to know of the free cone day as the commencement of their favorite treat season.
As everyone welcomes the first day of spring, they extend a warm invite to all their fans to stop by at DQ, get for themselves a free soft-serve cone and indulge in making memories with near and dear ones.
Dairy Queen first launched the promotional event in the year 2014, on the first day of spring. Ever since then, minus the Covid year of 2021, it has served free smiles to all its old and new customers.
However, if you miss out on the soft-serve cone treat, do not sweat it. Throughout the year, you’ll find offers running at DQ and you should be expecting some relieving discounts this summer.
