Frederick's Dairies is an ice cream manufacturer that holds the license to make a number of branded ice cream

Ice cream

Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...

 products and variations. The company currently owns the license to make a range of Del Monte and Cadbury's ices, including a number of Flake

Flake

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 branded cones to compete with Wall's

Wall's

Wall's may refer to:*Wall's ice cream*Wall's sausages*Wall Drug...

 Cornetto

Cornetto (ice cream)

Cornetto is a branded frozen ice cream cone manufactured by Unilever and marketed throughout the world under various company names, but with the same Heartbrand logo.- Manufacturing:...

, and a range of hand-held ice creams based on Cadbury's Dairy Milk

Dairy Milk

Dairy Milk is a brand of milk chocolate currently manufactured by Cadbury; except in the United States where it is made by The Hershey Company. It was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1905 and now consists of a number of products...

 range.

History

The family first developed commercially near to the Italian Riviera in 1896. They then moved to the North West of England and started working on the mars bar ice cream. The company is based in Skelmersdale

Skelmersdale

Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the west of Wigan, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest of Preston. As of 2006, Skelmersdale had a population of 38,813, down from 41,000 in 2004. The town is known locally as Skem.The...

, Lancashire

Lancashire

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