Who owns ICEE?
ICEE is owned by J&J Snack Foods (the United States, NASDAQ: JJSF).[1]
Evidence: J & J Snack Foods Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 November 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- J & J Snack Foods Corp. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Mount Laurel, New Jersey
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Beverages › Soft drinks › Other carbonated soft drinks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: JJSF
- Trademark registrant
- J&J SNACK FOODS CORP. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About ICEE
ICEE is a frozen carbonated drink that J & J Snack Foods markets under the ICEE trademark throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. J & J installs the dispensers at customer locations, services the machines, supplies the ingredients and runs in-store promotions, and it also earns revenue from repairing and selling the equipment itself.
What J&J Snack Foods's annual report says about ICEE
Sentences about ICEE from J&J Snack Foods's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Frozen Beverages We sell frozen beverages to the foodservice industry primarily under the names ICEE, SLUSH PUPPIE and PARROT ICE in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Under the Company's principal marketing program for frozen carbonated beverages, it installs frozen beverage dispensers for its ICEE brand at customer locations and thereafter services the machines, arranges to supply customers with ingredients required for production of the frozen beverages, and supports customer retail sales efforts with in-store promotions and point-of-sale materials.
How often J&J Snack Foods names ICEE in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for ICEE
The USPTO record for the ICEE mark lists J&J SNACK FOODS CORP. as the owner of record (serial number 76429075). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of ICEE
- Current owner J&J Snack Foods [1] verified
Where ICEE sits in J&J Snack Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by J&J Snack Foods
J&J Snack Foods controls 7 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in other carbonated soft drinks, and who owns them
The 80 brands in other carbonated soft drinks on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is PepsiCo, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Hamoud La Blanche | Hamoud Boualem | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| 7UP (United States) | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 7UP | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Colombiana | Postobón | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Faxe Kondi | Royal Unibrew | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fanta | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hi-Malt | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Jones Soda | Jones Soda | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: J&J Snack Foods
J&J Snack Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States, founded in 1971. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: JJSF.
J & J Snack Foods is a New Jersey company, incorporated in 1971, that makes the snacks sold at stadiums, cinemas, theme parks, convenience stores and school cafeterias. It believes it is the largest manufacturer of soft pretzels in the United States, owns Dippin' Dots and the ICEE frozen drink business, and often places its own ovens, warmers and drink dispensers in customer locations. Bakery products for foodservice are its largest product line by sales.
J&J Snack Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 ICEE and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; ICEE is not one of them.
- 7UP — PepsiCo 🇺🇸
- 7UP (United States) — Keurig Dr Pepper 🇺🇸
- Alani Nu — Celsius Holdings 🇺🇸
- André — Gallo 🇺🇸
- Angry Orchard — Boston Beer 🇺🇸
- Apple & Eve — Lassonde 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of ICEE?
The parent company of ICEE is J&J Snack Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is ICEE American?
Yes. ICEE originated in the United States and its owner, J&J Snack Foods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is ICEE still owned by J&J Snack Foods?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, ICEE is still owned by J&J Snack Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] J & J Snack Foods Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-11-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 26 November 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: ICEE, serial 76429075 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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