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Kona Ice, the nation’s premier mobile shaved ice franchise, has announced an exciting partnership with Discovery Channel’s iconic Shark Week. Just in time for the highly anticipated annual event, Kona ...

It takes about $100,000 to open a Kona Ice truck franchise. Nick de la Torre Tiffany Spiegal, owner and operator of the Kona Ice truck, takes shaved ice orders as she works a block party ...

After years in the courtroom, Michele Walter is adding some sweetness to her life and bringing it to others with Kona Ice.

As Kona Ice continues to earn an intensifying amount of accolades, its franchise growth is reaching a milestone reserved for a rare breed of brands. In early 2018, Kona Ice will have more than 1,000 ...

It's all the other things that Tony Lamb has added to the recipe that has kept his Florence-based company, Kona Ice, on the list of 25 fastest-growing franchises in the country since 2013.

Kona Ice’s foundation of giving back to the community drew him to the brightly colored truck. “We started at a tough time,” he said. “We rely on big events to reach people.

Kona Ice is not your ordinary neighborhood ice cream truck. The company is a national franchise with more than 1,200 Hawaiian-themed shaved ice trucks in 48 states.

Shaun and Kim Beymolla have been cruising in their Kona Ice truck throughout neighborhoods in Babylon, Hicksville, Smithtown, Deer Park and Bay Shore.

Tony Lamb launched Kona Ice in northern Kentucky in 2007 as a fresh take on a classic ice cream truck but with Hawaiian-style shaved ice, and instead of that semi-creepy jingle coming from the van ...