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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Troy Patterson/Editor
Allan and Lucy Miller of Huron -Kinloss' Holyrood General Store show off the fabled 'large' ice cream cone many try to attempt during visits to the rural business between Lucknow and Ripley. Celebrating
30 years in 2016, the store sold over 23,000 litres of ice cream, by the cone, in 2016.
Over 23,000 litres of ice cream - record year for Holyrood General Store
Troy Patterson
Editor
Holyrood General Store
broke open over 2,070 tubs
of ice cream in 2016, a record
hard to beat for any small
business.
By the numbers, that's
23,598 litres of ice cream,
and owners Lucy and Allan
Miller said they've gone
through 47,840 ice cream
cones between January and
end of October 2016.
"It's been our busiest year
ever," said Lucy, who with
her husband celebrated 30
years of running the rural
general store in Huron -Kin-
loss Township, between Rip-
ley and Lucknow. "It was a
busy summer, but we're still
having fun. It can get a bit
hectic with the pressure to
keep up:'
A stop on the Township of
Huron -Kinloss' popular Ice
Cream Trail photo scavenger
hunt, the cash -only store
affectionately known by
locals as the 'Miller Mall'
lists ice cream as its biggest
seller, with its beyond -gener-
ous ice cream cone size
within a $2-$4 price range.
Lucy said aside from ser-
vicing the Mennonite com-
munity and other rural resi-
dents with the wide variety
of other items sold at the
store, including flowers and
pumpkins, word has spread
of the fabled 'Holyrood' ice
cream through those that
have experienced the loca-
tion, as well as social media
and the internet.
"We had some people vis-
iting from other countries to,
and those visiting friends are
told that have to come and
visit us," she said. "We had
people from Holland come
telling us they saw our pic-
ture on their computer."
Line ups were out the door
and stretching down their lot
at times on Bruce Road 1 this
summer. Lucy said the
annual Ice Cream Trail plays
a big role in its success, but
customers have often caught
wind of their ice cream from
friends and family suggest-
ing they attempt the chal-
lenge of tackling one of their
large cones - often a race to
beat before it melts and a
common occurence for new
customers.
"It was a combination of
everything and the hot
weather was a big factor too,"
said Lucy. "You don't see a
lot of old general stores like
this anymore either."
Lucy said their ice cream
is supplied about 75% by
Markdale's Chapman's Ice
Cream, and about 25% by
Renfrew -based Tracey's Ice
Cream.
Ashley Chapman of
Chapman's Ice Cream said
he hadn't heard of the
Holyrood General Store's
success when he was con-
tacted by the Kincardine
News and Lucknow Senti-
nel, but was thrilled to hear
the numbers they were
turning over for a small
rural business.
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