What is Dairy Queen?
{{Infobox Company | company_name = Dairy Queen | company_logo = Dairy Queen logo.svg | company_type = [[Subsidiary]] | foundation = [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]] (June 22, 1940) | location = [[Edina, Minnesota|Edina]], [[Minnesota]], United States | key_people = Warren Buffett<br>John Gainor (CEO)<br>Charles J. Chapman III (COO)<br>James S. Simpson (CFO)<br>Michael Keller (CBO) | industry = [[Restaurant]]s | products = [[Soft serve]]<br>[[Hamburger]]s<br>[[Hot dog]]s<br>[[Chicken]] | revenue = [[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|12px]] US$2.5 billion (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2009/04/13/daily18.html|title=DQ’s Q1 same-store sales up 5%|author=Niemela, Jennifer|date=14 April 2009|work=Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal|access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> | num_employees = 2,362 (2008) | homepage = [http://www.dairyqueen.com/ dairyqueen.com] }} [[Image:Dairy Queen, Moncton, NB.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Dairy Queen restaurant in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]]]] '''Dairy Queen''' is an international [[Chain store|chain]] of [[fast food]] [[restaurant]]s started by John Fremont McCullough on June 22, 1940 in [[Joliet, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dairyqueen.com/en-us/faq/|access-date=July 5, 2024|title=General & History|publisher=Dairy Queen}}</ref> Dairy Queen's menu is mostly soft serve ice cream, hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken. One of Dairy Queen's most popular items is the Blizzard. It was first made in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dairyqueen.com/en-us/about-us/|access-date=July 5, 2024|title=About Us|publisher=Dairy Queen}}</ref> It is a cup of soft-serve mixed with different ingredients. They come in many different flavors. Sometime the server will flip the blizzard upside down to show how thick the treat is.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/why-does-dairy-queen-flip-their-blizzards/|access-date=July 5, 2024|title=Why Don’t