Deluxe Ice Cream

[New for 2024] I was looking for ice cream news back in March when I stumbled upon a Pennsylvania news article that was talking about how Giant (Stop & Shop) had a new ice cream out that they called a duplicate of Ben & Jerry's. The thing is though, the folks who own Giant/S&S also own Hannaford (Food Lion), and since 2021, Hannaford has had their own brand of ice cream that they tout as a cost effective alternate to B&J's.... Big surprise, both come from the same plant in Maine. Let's dig in to....

Deluxe Ice Cream - Brookie Dough

vanilla and chocolate ice cream blended together with cookie dough and brownie bits

Deluxe Ice Cream - Strawberry Cheesecake

cheesecake ice cream with strawberries and graham cracker ribbon

Packaging / Branding Alert

Have you ever seen a Giant / Stop&Shop in house flavor and wished you could find it, only to remember that you only live near a Food Lion / Hannaford? Well, fret no more! In the summer of 2016, the owners of all those grocery store chains came together in a big merger and the effects of that are finally popping up in my local Hannaford (Food Lion).

So here's an example from Giant (Stop & Shop)

And here's one from Hannaford (Food Lion).

Notice that it looks like a 2017 Giant flavor but no longer has the 3 leaf logo on it. That now generic look means it can now be plopped down on any freezer shelf. So far I've only reviewed the newer Salted Caramel Toffee flavor and the older Toasted Marshmallow flavor, but with distribution reaching so many people now, I will try to pick up more of their flavors going forward.

Side note: The current limited flavor is often also offered as an ice cream sandwich!

Giant (S&S) Salted Caramel Toffee Ice Cream

[Limited for Summer 2017] If you are a regular shopper at Stop & Shop (aka GIANT), then you've probably noticed they have quite a bit of fun with seasonal flavors. When I say fun, I mean they will mix the current flavor with popcorn and cookie dough and soap water and whatever else floats their boat. It's kind of funny to see a display of a dozen different items all with the same coloring and flavoring. This month is salted caramel which means it's time for....

Stop & Shop (Giant) Salted Caramel Toffee Ice Cream

salted caramel ice cream with a rich salted caramel swirl,
chocolate flavored flakes and toffee pieces

Stop & Shop Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream

[New for 2015?] While perusing the freezer aisle of my local Stop & Shop (Giant to some of you), I spied this one a month ago. It was tempting, but I was waiting for the spring rush of new products to settle down a bit.

Stop & Shop Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream

artificially flavored marshmallow ice cream
with pretzel marshmallow clusters and a pretzel swirl