Thrifty Ice Cream
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: (323) 467-1397
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Beverly Boulevard
- Hours:
- Daily 7am-11pm
Editorial Review for Thrifty Ice Cream – by Jordana Brown
In Short
After Rite Aid acquired Thrifty Drugstores in 1996, corporate execs wisely decided to continue serving Thrifty ice cream, an Angeleno favorite. Modest ice cream counters still stand front and center in the remodeled stores. While the cylindrical scoops may not hold up to today's high-buttercream gourmet ice creams, Thrifty's price is right. The menu offer some new creations, like mild Medieval Madness (cream, caramel and chocolate chips). Standbys include rocky road, rainbow sherbet and pecan praline.
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User Reviews for Thrifty Ice Cream
08/02/2008 Posted by howc
Stay the he** away from this ice cream. Beside charging more for less ice cream per carton, the choices and quality have dropped precipitously of late. They used to have monthly/seasonal flavors (like peppermint during the holiday season). Those are now gone. The flavors they do have are mostly chocolate and vanilla with the faintest amount of extras thrown in to differentiate one flavor from another. Please follow me as I list several of my greatest disappointments with Thrifty Ice Cream... 1. Chocolate Malted Crunch: This was a favorite of mine, now I won't touch it. The last few cartons (purchased at different times from different stores) contained malted bits that, for lack of a better word, tasted stale. A real shame, because this ice cream used to be excellent. 2. Mint and Chip: The previously creamy ice cream has been icy and "crunchy" the last few times we've bought it. Also, the mint flavoring used to be good, now it tastes medicinal. 3. Pecan Praeline: Vanilla ice cream with approximately 5 to 10 sugared pecans per carton. Nothing like the original... 4. Black Cherry: Vanilla ice cream with purple food coloring and approximately 5 to 10 cherries per carton. Seriously, you have to go hunting for the things, yet on the packaging they make it look like you get more cherries than ice cream. Can we say "false advertising"? I could go on, but I'd just get myself even angrier. Do yourself a favor, stay away from Thrifty Ice Cream. You'll get better value buying the buckets of generic store-brand ice cream.
Pros: Same Thrifty Name
Cons: Everything else
05/20/2008 Posted by LINTECJERRY
Less product for more money seems to be the new American way of life. Corporate America has been scamming its customers at an alarming rate lately. I fear that the dumbing down of the general public is a frightning sucess. I am over 60 years old and have have been enjoing Thrifty Ice Cream for more years than memory serves. New managenment of Rite Aid has gotten greedy and has decided to value the bottom line far more than it's fine reputation that has been built over many years of good value to it's loyal customers. I am refering to the new marketing scheme of Thrifty Ice Cream. It recently sold a good product in a simple but efective package at a reasonable price. Now Rite Aid has changed the low cost packing to a more costly desinger package that is holding less product and is offered to it's unsuspecting customers at a higher price. Shame on Rite Aid for ripping off it's loyal customers. I continue to consume more than my share of ice cream from Rite Aid's competeters.
