Dairy Queen
The current Dairy Queen logo (top); a modern Dairy Queen restaurant in Hiawassee, Georgia, United States (bottom) | |
| Dairy Queen DQ | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Restaurant Franchising |
| Genre | Fast food restaurant, ice cream parlor |
| Founded | June 22, 1940 in Joliet, Illinois, US |
| Founders | John Fremont McCullough Alex McCullough Sherb Noble |
| Headquarters | , US |
Number of locations | 4,455 (US domestic, 2018) 6,800 (global) |
Area served | United States, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, Guyana, Indonesia, Kuwait, Laos, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam, Puerto Rico |
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) |
| Parent | Berkshire Hathaway |
| Subsidiaries | American Dairy Queen Dairy Queen Canada Orange Julius |
| Website | www |
International Dairy Queen, Inc. (DQ) is an American multinational fast food chain founded in 1940 and currently headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota. The first Dairy Queen was owned and operated by Sherb Noble and first opened on June 22, 1940, in Joliet, Illinois. It serves a variety of hot and fried food, as well as original frozen dairy products that vary from location to location.