Howard Johnson: 28 Flavors

Join me when I present an illustrated slide lecture on Howard Johnson: 28 Flavors
on Wednesday, May 5th at 7:30 PM, the Thomas Crane Library, 40 Washington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts

Howard Deering Johnson created an empire of popular orange roofed restaurants that linked a chain from New England to the South and on to the West. A well respected entrepreneur, his logo “Simple Simon and the Pieman” is fondly remembered and he is credited with being the “Father of the Franchise Industry.”

Howard Deering Johnson was born in Wollaston, Massachusetts and began his empire on Beale Street selling newspapers, cigars and ice cream, which by the 1930’s would include 28 flavors. From an icecream stand at Wollaston Beach, he opened a restaurant in the Granite Trust Building in Quincy Square and from there began to franchise his name, with franchisees purchasing food from Johnson, by which he was able to control quality and standardization of food.

This lecture is free and is sponsored by the Friends of the Thomas Crane Library.
For more information, please call (617) 376-1301

Do you remember Howard Johnson's icecream? There were twenty eight flavors offered:

Banana
Black Raspberry
Burgundy Cherry
Butter Pecan
Buttercrunch
Butterscotch
Caramel Fudge
Chocolate
Chocolate Chip
Coconut
Coffee
Frozen Pudding
Fruit Salad
Fudge Ripple
Lemon Stick
Macaroon
Maple Walnut
Mocha Chip
Orange-Pineapple
Peach
Peanut Brittle
Pecan Brittle
Peppermint Stick
Pineapple
Pistachio
Strawberry
Strawberry Ripple
Vanilla