One of Scotland's best-known ice cream businesses has gone up for sale after the third generation of its family decided to retire.
Di Rollo of Musselburgh includes a shop in the East Lothian town and a factory capable of producing 600 litres of ice cream each hour. The firm’s wholesale arm supplies 100 flavours of ice cream to clients including chip shops, hotels, restaurants, caterers and other retailers.
Suzanne Lawrie, a business valuer at Graham + Sibbald, which is selling the company on behalf of its owners, said: “Di Rollo Ice Cream is a much loved, successful regional business with a fantastic customer base. As a third generation, family-run business, the current owners are planning their retirement and this underpins the decision to sell.”
The business was founded in 1899 by Domenico Di Rollo who came to Scotland from Roccasecca, a small Italian village near Cassino in Italy. His son, also Domenico, joined the business in the 1950s and extended the shop’s operations into manufacturing and wholesale.
Elaine, Kevin and Reno became the third generation of the family to enter the trade and expanded the company into its present premises in 1994.
