Sorry to see them leave, but Cold Stone Ice Cream on Cr210 near Publix closed their doors in October for good. Not sure why they shut down but my kids are sad to see them gone. Great ice cream but a little expensive. I think one of the things that really hurt them is that there wasn't a lot of room for people to sit around and enjoy it. The store had some indoor seating but no outdoor seating. That made it tough for when you bring a group of kids there and you try to keep them together and happy.
The location up in JCP is still open. That location has an outdoor patio which is ideal for kids and groups. Too bad the 210 store didn't have the room.
I'll tell you the one thing that is happy with them closing... my waist line! :)
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The management rats are jumping from the ship as hundreds of Cold Stone locations are now collapsing around the US. Why? Because the "concept" of mixing stuff into ice cream has always been a fad, and the fad is now over. The product isn't that good, is grossly overpriced, and consumers are flocking back to properly formulated ice cream from other chains like Baskin Robbins and Ben & Jerry's.
The Cold Stones have been largely sold to Yuppies with too much equity in their homes, who jumped into the stores to be "business owners". But since the labor costs are double the competition, and stores are too big and too expensive to run, the number of unprofitable stores is skyrocketing with the results we have here. Sad for the owners who have likely lost a couple hundred thousand dollars EACH.
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