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 The current Dairy Queen logo (top); a modern Dairy Queen restaurant in Hiawassee, Georgia, United States (bottom) | |
| Dairy Queen DQ | |
| Company type | Private[1] |
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Genre | Fast food restaurant, ice cream parlor[2] |
| Founded | June 22, 1940 in Joliet, Illinois, US |
| Founders | John Fremont McCullough Alex McCullough Sherb Noble |
| Headquarters | , US |
Number of locations | 4,455[3] (US domestic, 2018) 6,800[4] (global) |
Area served | United States, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, Guyana, Indonesia, Kuwait, Laos, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam |
Key people | Troy Bader (President and CEO) |
| Products | Soft serve, milkshakes, cakes, sundaes, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, chicken strips, french fries, cheese curds, onion rings, soft drinks, salads (in Texas: tacos, taco salads, nachos) |
| Revenue | US$3.64 billion (US, 2017)[3] |
| Parent | Berkshire Hathaway |
| Subsidiaries | American Dairy Queen Dairy Queen Canada Orange Julius |
| Website | www |
Dairy Queen (DQ) is an American multinational fast food chain founded in 1940 and currently headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.[5][6] The first Dairy Queen was owned and operated by Sherb Noble and first opened on June 22, 1940, in Joliet, Illinois.[7][8][9] It serves a variety of hot and fried food, as well as original frozen dairy products that vary from location to location.[10]
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