Who owns orange julius

We drank the whole thing and became "water-logged" outside the old main library on San Carlos Street. We sat out there for the longest time before finally being able to get back on our bikes and head home. I asked her about her experience and this is what she had to share:.

The menu was pretty basic: hamburgers, hot dogs, and Orange Julius. Of course, everyone who came in asked what the "secret ingredient" was, but it just came in a large canister marked "Orange Julius Powder. On weekends it was standard practice to make up the drinks, except the ice, in large batches. Then, because it was pretty busy at times, we could knock out the drinks quickly by pouring the prepared liquid into the blender, add the ice, and away they'd go.

However, on a slow night, we would end up with a gallon or two of the mixture left over. We couldn't keep it, so whoever was closing that night got to take it home! The old theory of "eat all you want, you'll get sick of it real soon" did not apply in my case. We were allowed to have as much OJ as we liked while we worked and I never did get tired of it! In , the orange juice was developed into a specialty drink by Freed's real estate broker Willard Hamlin.

The drink, which became known as an Orange Julius, consisted of fresh orange juice, crushed ice, syrup, and a powder which remained a company secret. Hamlin eventually bought out Freed, retiring in , after selling the company to International Industries. At that time there were approximately Orange Julius's operating in the United States and abroad. Orange Julius buildings have been created in various styles, from architect Maynard Lyndon's boxy design, to the Googie-style structure designed by Armet and Davis.

I'd park one of my old trucks under an old Eucalyptus tree in the parking lot and eat my lunch on the tailgate. Add new comment Back in the s and s, besides orange juice we had orange flavored soft drinks like Orange Crush , and then we had the Orange Julius.

Orange Julius is an American chain of fruit drink beverage stores. It has been in business since the late s and is noted for a particular drink, also called an Orange Julius.

The drink grew out of an orange juice stand opened in Los Angeles, California in by Julius Freed. In , Bill Hamlin, Freed's real estate broker, developed a mixture that made the acidic orange juice less bothersome to his stomach. Freed's stand began serving the drink, which had a frothier, creamier texture.

During the s and s, Orange Julius was sold at a variety of outlets, including state and county fairs and freestanding Orange Julius stands. The original stand also provided medicinal tonics and Bible tracts. IDQ, owns the rights to all Orange Julius stores and has expanded the chain so its drinks are offered at many of its Dairy Queen stores, called Treat Centers.