Thrifty Payless Inc. Ice Cream Division

We all love Thrifty Ice Cream.
My favorite flavor used to be Mint Chocolate Chip, but I’m not supposed to eat chocolate for health reasons. I’m usually totally strict about this rule…
And yet, today while shopping at Rite Aid, I bought one scoop of Mint Chocolate Chip and one scoop of Medieval Madness all for myself…
Oh, the shame

I was going to give it one star, so that all you mean folks who are hogging the ice cream will stay the heck away. But I can’t bear to demean my new favorite ice cream in that way! However, I am peeved: For the past three visits in a row, they have been out of my favorite flavor: Chocolate Malted Krunch.
Therefore, I am imploring you hoarders (you know who you are!) to purchase only one at a time, and always make sure there is at least one left for me!
If you do end up buying the last container, please alert the manager so that more can be ordered! Or, buy it, and deliver it to my house forthwith!

If I remember correctly, Thrifty’s had an awesome cylinder shaped scoop, it was not square. Wish I could find one on Ebay!

when did Thrifty increase prices from a nickel a scoop?

I don’t really shop at payless — but when ever I see one I’m always compelled to hop in and get some pistachio ice cream… it has nuts. and that makes me happy. ;D And it’s so greeeeeeeeeeen!

My original addiction, before I knew what addiction was!
For the quality, the amount you get, and the price, you can’t beat it!
My favorite? Chocolate Malted Krunch. I still go to all lengths to find this ice cream at local Rite-​Aid stores…
I’m cutting this review short so I can go find the closest store right now.

Nice. Props to Scotty for reviewing this and providing the link.
What can I say, if Thrifty ice cream is a part of your childhood, there’s nothing to tell.
If not, I pity you.

OMG… YES YES YES… Malted Chocolate Chip was my favorite ice cream at Thrifty. After church on sundays, we would go there with our little bit of change from mom and we would get a single scoope with on a sugar cone … I didn’t want to miss it for the world. Single was 15 cents for me. Just amazing to see it is still around.

When I was young I use to ride my bike down to Thrifty’s with my friends and get either a single scoop on a sugar cone (preferred) or a double scoop on a cake cone. Butter Pecan was by far my favorite. Although, a double scoop of bubble gum ice cream was a sure fire way to make me happy. I can remember the Thrifty I went to with vivid detail. I remember how no one operated the ice cream counter until I waited with patience for someone to be called over the intercom.
*Can we get some ice cream customer service”…(loudly broadcasted to the entire store in a drone voice of indifference.)
Yeah, that’s right. You are going to get me a scoop of ice cream. There were only a few things as a child that allowed me to wield such unmistaken power. Yes, a 10 year old is going to make you stop your stocking of instant mash potatoes and fetch me some deliciousness.
I liked the way they kept the ice cream scooper gun device in a pool of constantly circulated fresh water. Allowing it to cut into the 5 gallon container like a hot knife through butter. The pimply teen almost always gave me an enormous scoop that tested the strength of the cone. Often times I would hear the crack of the cone upon placement of the ice cream on the cone.
Then came the financial transaction. Yeah that’s right, I just handed over one coin. Beat that 31 flavors!
Almost always the ice cream was gone in seconds. I never learned to savior such treats. I have always had equal satisfaction downing the cone like it was an antidote to some poison I had just ingested, or taking my time as though the ice cream and cone was so common place it had lost its allure.
This kind of wholesomeness is lost everyday in America. I hope that future generations have something equally enjoyable that does not include the crap Coldstone dishes out.

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE thrifty’s ice cream!!! Mint Chocolate Chip is my fave and I even had to find the scooper just like theirs. The scooper gun makes all ice cream better, but nothing will ever beat 99 cent scoops from there!

I’m old.
I remember when prices for Thrifty Ice Cream broke down like this:
single — 5 cents
double — 10 cents
triple — 15 cents
Then I remember when it was
single — 15 cents
double — 25 cents
triple — 35 cents
Prices are a lot different now, but the ice cream is still the same. Chocolate Malted Krunch is my favorite flavor, with mint chip and rainbow sherbet following close behind.
Thank you Rite Aid for not killing Thrifty Ice Cream after the acquisition. It’s one of the few childhood memories that’s still accessible to me.

What’s not to love about Thrifty Ice Cream? They invented the best flavors I’ve loved my whole entire life for the price that no other can beat. I’ve been an avid customer since the 29 cent single scoop days and I remembered when I was good, my grandma would let me get a triple scoop for 89 cents! wooohooo…
My all time faves are rainbow sherbet, the infamous choc. malted crunch, and vanilla. No other ice cream has the little chunks of ice in it that I love so much either.
It’s so awesome that now, my little ones get all excited when I take them here for ice cream. Just reminds me of how excited I used to be too when I was little…(sigh, feel good moment)

I am completely infatuated with Thrifty’s ice cream. It’s not the kind of silly infatuation that you outgrow either. Some of my favorite flavors as an adult are the same as when I was younger… Chocolate Malted Crunch, Rocky Road and of course Mint Chip mmmm. The best is during the summer when you can score ½ gallons for less than $ 2. I actually saw the Rite Aide near my house run out one summer evening, man that was a sad and tragic day!

Three words. Mint. Chocolate. Chip.

I think the best thing about these is the nostalgic feel associated with it. My happiest memories of my dad involve hikes in Griffith Park followed by ice cream from Thrifty’s. He probably chose Thrifty’s because of the price, but it was always the best ice cream in the world.

it’s no big brand name but thrifty ice cream has always been a damn good ice cream. even though thrifty stores have closed you can still to this day find the many ice cream flavors at rite aid stores.
now good luck with that because i have never really found a good fast rite aid store. every time i need to stop in for a quick purchase it ends up taking 10 minutes to get out of there. the ice cream is sooo worth the time. they have always had great prices and to this day it’s still a bargain. sure it’s no longer 5 cents for a single, 10 cents for a double and 15 cents for a triple scoop but that cool square like scoop is still darn cool. i like to get a box of ice cream and enjoy it in front of the tube. at $ 2.99 a box or $ 1.88 on sale it’s a steal. my all time favs are the pistachio ice cream and the legendary chocolate malted krunch. and the rocky road is still one of the best rocky roads out there.

It’s all about the cylindrical scooper!
Wow, the nostalgia… I remember when I was a kid, you could get a scoop for less than a dime. Talk about bang for your buck. I’m so glad their recipe hasn’t changed. I love you, Thrifty Ice Cream. Don’t ever change.
Tips: Get Thrifty ice cream at your local Rite-​Aid. Don’t come to this address. This is the manufacturing plant!