The jingle of a nearby ice cream van is a sure sign that summer is approaching. But you never have to guess when the next time a popular ice cream truck might roll through your neighborhood because ...

Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage, and culture for over seven years. She is currently an editor at Food & Wine magazine, focusing on trends and ...

You don't need to listen for the ice cream truck's jingle for a sweet treat, thanks to the new Mister Softee app. The app shows the locations of dozens of trucks across 18 states. Originally launched ...

When that familiar jingle echoes down your street, there’s no mistaking it — the ice cream truck is coming. In New Jersey, most people picture a Mister Softee truck, its grinning cone mascot ...

The bell of an ice cream truck used to signify when an ice cream truck was coming near you. Now, there’s an app for that. The Mister Softee app allows people to track their favorite ice cream truck by ...

*New York (CNN) — It’s never been harder to be Mister Softee. Once, there were more than 2,000 Mister Softee trucks in 38 states during the company’s peak in the 1960s. Now, there are only around 630 ...

Mister Softee isn’t just one of the best names in the ice cream business — it used to be one of the biggest. But the soft-serve company, which got its start in Philadelphia and is now based in ...

Mister Softee is a spy. He knows things you do not, like which kids on your block love Strawberry Shortcake popsicles, and the most efficient way to navigate the Castle Industrial Park in Secaucus.

For millions of Baby Boomers and Gen Xers, the lilting jingle tinkling from slow-moving Mister Softee ice cream trucks conjures up nostalgic memories. But the realities the company’s dwindling number ...