Strachan's Ice Cream In The News

Strachan’s keeps serving loving scoopfuls

May 19th, 2011

By: Elaine Markowitz, Times Correspondent
Copyright 2011 St. Petersburg Times

PALM HARBOR — In a gravel lot at the corner of Tampa Road and Alt. U.S. 19, there’s a small, old-fashioned-looking ice cream shop. A small herd of black and white ceramic cows out front catch the eye of passers-by in cars — especially children. Strachan’s Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts serves up 36 flavors of ice cream plus baked goods like double-layer carrot cake. The shop seems so simple and low-key. Customers digging into a sundae may not realize just how much time and effort it took the owners to make their dream come true. Read full article.

Dunedin’s Main Street gets sweeter

November 13th, 2008

By: Theresa Blackwell
Copyright Times Publishing Co.

DUNEDIN — Developer Joe Kokolakis and his wife, Anna, knew what they wanted on the northeast corner of Broadway and Main Street: a place where they could go after dinner, sip coffee and watch their three children play in a small park. The Dunedin residents bought property on the corner and donated it for the city’s new Purple Heart Park. But a deal to open a Starbucks fell through. “They were very clear on what their vision was, the type of business that they wanted in that space,” said Lynn Wargo, Dunedin Chamber of Commerce president. “They were looking for a family-oriented, warm, safe place.” Read full article

2006 Palm Harbor Chamber Small Business of the Year

November 10th, 2006

Congratulations to Susan and Bill Strachan of Strachan’s Homemade Ice Cream.

They are our 2006 Palm Harbor Chamber Small Business of the Year and have
been selected the 2006 Upper Pinellas Small Business of the Year!

What an honor! The best of the best; we are so proud of them!

Connie Davis
President/ CEO
Greater Palm Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce

Palm Harbor ice cream shop a childhood dream come true

September 2nd, 2002

By JILLIAN BANDES
© St. Petersburg Times

PALM HARBOR — Bill and Susan Strachan were ready to change careers. For 33 years, Bill Strachan, 61, had been a ticket operator and ground service supervisor for Trans World Airlines. Over 20 years, Mrs. Strachan, 57, had worked her way up to senior vice president of an insurance company with more than 100,000 representatives nationwide.

Several years ago they quit their corporate jobs, sold virtually all their assets and opened a homemade ice cream and dessert shop, something Mrs. Strachan had dreamed of doing since childhood.

Neither knew the first thing about how to make ice cream or run a restaurant. Mrs. Strachan took an ice cream-making class Read full article

Small companies, big impact

October 30th, 2000

By: Edie Gross
Copyright Times Publishing Co.

Though often overshadowed by larger competitors, small companies fuel Pinellas’ economy.

Bill Strachan is pushing the frozen custard soft serve and the Yummy, Yummy Sauce.

The ice cream curlicues out of the spigot and into a shot-sized cup, followed by a dribble of homemade chocolate sauce. Strachan thrusts the sinful combination at a couple visiting his Palm Harbor ice cream shop for the first time.

“We have a custom here. We always start you out with free samples,” he says to them. “Only if you’re willing, of course.” Read full article