THE HISTORY OF TAYLOR COMPANY

Ice cream has a past that dates back to 3000 BC. Hard to believe, right? But let’s fast forward a bit. The 1920’s - the prohibition hits. During this time, it’s a harsh environment for alcohol, yet a flourishing environment for ice cream. Soda fountains started to snag the spotlight in the 20’s and 30’s. No alcohol? No money? No problem. Soda fountains elevated to 3rd place for most-benefited during this time period due to their affordable prices, refreshing beverages and delicious ice cream.

With the Soda Fountain’s high demand for fast and cheap food service, owners began seeking quicker ways to produce more of everything to bring ease to the lunch hour traffic (a pattern not foreign to us with the fast food industry today). This demand manifested into the birth of the countertop freezer. Ice cream could be stored at much higher quantities, providing readily available products, with zero stress of the restaurant traffic. But making ice cream was still a clunky ordeal.

Soda fountain owners were put to the test. After they would purchase their countertop freezer, they either had to buy the ice cream or make it themselves. The task of mixing ice cream had remained an extremely tedious chore. Charles Taylor, a third generation ice cream maker, knew it was his time to step up to the plate.Charles Taylor understood the process of making ice cream and he wanted to overhaul the manual cranking and inconsistent textures of the past. In 1926, he had successfully developed the Automatic Batch Ice Cream Freezer - the ice cream machine that did all the work for you and kept the product consistent and timely. The world hadn’t seen a product like this one yet - it revolutionized the industry. Charles Taylor, the successful entrepreneur, quickly began to expand his business.

Just like that, Taylor Company began.