Dickie Dee Ice Cream

06/20/2025

04/15/2024

We have a blast from the past in stock this year! Strawberry Shortcake 🍓🍰🍓🍰

More new products are coming on May 1st that are imported from the US, exclusive to Dickie Dee!

Coming Soon...
Kung Fu Panda
Sonic
Cotton Candy
Bubblegum Snow cones

We also sell discounted wholesale boxes of our products. Just call Jeff at 204-586-5218 for stock and hours of operation.

04/15/2024

We are at a new location: 1466 Arlington St!

Listen for the musical sound of ice cream playing from our trucks and bikes this spring!

It's plus 14 and cloudy today, but we are indeed open for the season!

We have 3 trucks and 2 bikes out today going through the Maples, North End, East Kildonan, and Charleswood area.

We accept cash, e-transfer, and card with Square. (Only certain trucks and bikes have Square)

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07/06/2023

Dickie Dee Ice Cream looking for Ice Cream Bike Riders full-time get paid cash Nightly you make 30% of what you sell, on average you can earn up to $300-$500 a week, anyone interested in making money and getting excercise, physically demanding great summer job for young person in shape, please call 204-944-8244 after 12PM for interview. Please call only. Share with your friends and family who might be interested.

07/06/2023

Dickie Dee Ice Cream, Winnipeg looking for Ice Cream Van driver full-time for 2023 season, get paid cash. Nightly you make 30% of what you sell, on average you can earn up to $1000-$1200 a week, anyone with a valid driver license that is interested please call 204-944-8244 after 12PM for interview. Please call only.

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05/09/2023

Try our new product! 🍊

05/09/2023

We take cash, card, or e-transfers as payments!

05/09/2023

We're hiring! Fill out an application today!

05/09/2023

We're hiring this summer! Fill out an application today!

08/05/2022

Winnipeg Free Press, pg. B4, Friday August 5th, 2022.

(not the full article)

Ice cream vendors, hot dog carts struggle to keep prices down as costs continue to soar

INFLATION MELTING SEASONAL BUSINESSES
GABRIELLE PICHÉ

SOARING inflation and rising fuel costs are melting away the profits of a summer tradition — ice cream trucks and bikes.
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"I've never had to raise my prices as high as I have because of the ice cream prices and the fuel and everything, the cost of parts," said Jeff Hubka, owner of Dickie Dee Ice Cream in Winnipeg.

Hubka joined the company at 12 years old, as an ice cream bike rider. He's owned the business, which now operates 15 bikes and five trucks, for around three decades.

"People... tell me I have Fudgsicle in my blood," Hubka said.
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It's typical for prices to increase annually. However, ice cream costs usually jump three to five percent, according to the North American Ice Cream Association.
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The rising cost of dairy plays a role, Christensen later told the Free Press.

"Ice cream trucks and vans have their own challenges," he said, noting soaring gas prices.

Many vans idle at locations because their ice cream equipment is hooked up to the motor, Christensen said.
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Still, the hardest part isn't the climbing cost of goods, Hubka said — it's the weather.

"You can always... increase costs of the company to keep going," he said. "You have to eat some of it, you make less money. But we're a vending business — if we don't go out, we don't make money."

April and May brought "the worst spring I've ever seen," Hubka said.
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The rain hasn't helped, nor has extreme heat. The trucks overheat, the employees manning the ice cream bikes can't do their job, and Dickie Dee loses business.

A perfect ice cream selling day lands in the 25 C to 28 C range, Hubka said.

He hasn't thought much about climate change and extreme weather impacting his business in the future. He won't let the current year slow him down, he said.

"I just take it one year at a time," he said. "We'll deal with whatever comes, and we'll just keep going."

07/01/2022

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07/01/2022

Celebrate today with ice cream! 😋