Burt Baskin. Burton Burt Baskin and Irvine Irv Robbins had a mutual love of old-fashioned ice cream and the desire to provide customers a variety of flavors made with ingredients of the highest quality in a fun inviting atmosphere. It was founded in 1945 by Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins in Glendale California.
When my uncle Burt Baskin died of a heart attack at the age of 54 I asked my dad if he thought there could be any connection between his death and the amount of ice cream he would eat. The company is known for its. Burt and Irv were absolutely nuts about ice cream Irv even had a swimming pool shaped like an ice cream cone.
Baskin was born in the state of Illinois United States of America on December 17 in the year 1913.
Burt and Irv were absolutely nuts about ice cream Irv even had a swimming pool shaped like an ice cream cone. Over 70 years ago Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins had the crazy idea of offering 31 flavors of ice cream when everyone else was still selling vanilla chocolate and strawberry. It claims to be the worlds largest chain of ice cream specialty stores with more than 8000 locations including nearly 2500 shops in the United. We are 100 franchised with each owner holding a stake in the business success while product development and merchandising are handled at Baskin-Robbins headquarters.