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title: "Entrepreneur Magazine: Marble Slab Creamery® Ranks 10th on Top Ice Cream Franchises"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/186af731-fd44-4afb-b8be-332b6e3cfe63
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/entrepreneur-magazine-marble-slab-creamery-ranks-10th-on-top-ice-cream-franchises-2716246
category: "Snacks & dessert"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Snacks & dessert"
published: 2021-07-21T14:09:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:15:31.276Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/641ed102aef37366231aae03f3a7ef695592.jpg
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# Entrepreneur Magazine: Marble Slab Creamery® Ranks 10th on Top Ice Cream Franchises

**TL;DR:** Marble Slab Creamery ranks 10th on Entrepreneur Magazine's list of top ice cream franchises with over 330 locations worldwide. The brand plans to open 32 new units by the end of 2021.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-07-21. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/entrepreneur-magazine-marble-slab-creamery-ranks-10th-on-top-ice-cream-franchises-2716246).*

## Story

In Entrepreneur Magazine’s recent 2021 Top Food Franchises ranking, Marble Slab Creamery® proved itself an industry leader, ranking 10th on the list of top ice cream franchises. Marble Slab Creamery, founded in 1983, is the leading purveyor of premium hand-mixed ice cream with 330-plus locations across the world. The brand, which introduced the frozen slab technique, makes its ice cream in-store daily, using dairy sourced directly from local farmers.

Marble Slab Creamery also offers customers a variety of other products, including smoothies, shakes and custom ice cream cakes. The globally recognized brand plans to leverage its decades of growth with the goal to open 32 new units by the end of 2021. Marble Slab Creamery, backed by Global Franchise Group, allows franchisees an opportunity to partner with one of the most proven business models available.

The initial startup costs to open a Marble Slab Creamery franchise range from $333,285 to $414,935.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- franchise costs (topic)
- Marble Slab Creamery (company)
- top franchises (topic)
- ice cream franchises (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/entrepreneur-magazine-marble-slab-creamery-ranks-10th-on-top-ice-cream-franchises-2716246). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/186af731-fd44-4afb-b8be-332b6e3cfe63).