From a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, to far-off places with names we sometimes mispronounce, the journey that began in 1978 with 2 guys and the ice cream business they built is as legendary as the ice cream is euphoric. Prev slide 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Next Slide * The 1970s * 1978 Humble Beginnings With a $5 correspondence course in ice cream-making from Penn State and a $12,000 investment ($4,000 of it borrowed), Ben and Jerry open their first ice cream scoop shop in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont. Sign that reads Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ben & Jerry’s Legendary gas station scoop shop 1979 Next Step… Ben and Jerry celebrate the shop’s one-year anniversary – and the customers who made it possible – by holding the first-ever Free Cone Day: free scoops for all, all day long. The annual ice cream give-away continues today in scoop shops around the world. Next: The 1980s Connect with Us How can we help you? Select It’s Like Dessert For Your Inbox Sign Up For Our Email Newsletter And Get The Inside Scoop! address@email.com Get all your favorite flavors delivered to your door! Find a deliver