Carvel Corporation
The Carvel Corporation is an American success story. Through hard work and luck its founder and President Tom Carvel turned a dream into a million dollar success. Thomas Andreas Carvelas was born July 14, 1906, in Athanassos Greece in 1910 his family immigrated to Danbury, Connecticut and finally settled in New York City in 1920. Ever since he was a child he has always dreamed of owning his own frozen custard shop. His first break came Memorial Day 1934 when he borrowed $15 dollars from his future wife Agnes Stewart, and bought a trailer load of custard to sell to vacationers in Westchester County, New York. He suffered a setback when his trailer got a flat tire in Hartsdale NY but luck was on his side. Pop Quinlan a pottery shop owner across the street allowed him to use his electricity to keep the custard from melting, Mr. Carvel continued selling from his broken down trailer for many years, this is how he became the nation's first retail ice cream company. Tom Carvel kept his......
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