Cold Stone Creamery seems like a relic of a bygone, strip-mall-on-every-street era. The brand isn't as old as you may think; it was started by a couple in Arizona in 1988 and eventually spread to ...

Cold Stone has been one of the industry’s fastest-growing chains in recent years, rising from 100 branches in 2000 to 500 just three years later, when it awarded its 1,000th franchise.