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{{Infobox Company 
| company_name     = Häagen-Dazs
| image            = Häagen-Dazs' first shop.jpg
| image_caption    = The first Häagen-Dazs store, located in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]
| company_type     = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation       = [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]] (1961)
| location         = [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]]
| key_people       = 
| industry         = [[Retail]]
| products         = [[Ice cream]]
| revenue          = 
| homepage         = {{url|http://haagendazs.com/}}
}}
[[File:Häagen-Dazs Map.svg|left|thumb|230px|The colored areas shows which countries currently have Häagen-Dazs]]
'''Häagen-Dazs''' is a brand of [[ice cream]] shops and ice cream franchises. They specialize in ice cream cones, ice cream cups, and ice cream shakes. They have franchises in the United States and many other countries around the world. Häagen-Dazs was created in 1961 by Reuben and Rose Mattus in [[The Bronx]], [[New York]]. They opened their first store on November 15, 1976 in [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haagendazs.us/Learn/History/|accessdate=2015-03-24|title=History|publisher=Häagen-Dazs|archive-date=2015-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315113346/http://www.haagendazs.us/Learn/History|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The "Häagen-Dazs" name was invented by Mattus since it was "Danish-sounding". He used it as a tribute to [[Denmark]]'s good treatment of [[Jew]]s during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/108106/ice-creams-jewish-innovators|accessdate=2015-03-24|title=The Scoop on Ice Cream's Jewish History, From Häagen-Dazs to Ben & Jerry's|date=2 August 2012|publisher=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]]}}</ref> An outline of Denmark was also used on their early labels. The name is not Danish.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/obituaries/01mattus.html?ex=1322629200&en=8412b912549fbbc3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&_r=0|accessdate=2015-03-24|title=Rose Mattus, 90, Co-Creator of Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream, Dies|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 2006|last1=Hevesi|first1=Dennis}}</ref>

In 1983, Häagen-Dazs was bought by [[Pillsbury Company|Pillsbury]]. Pillsbury was then bought by [[General Mills]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/18/business/general-mills-pillsbury-deal-includes-culture-and-history.html|accessdate=2015-03-24|title=General Mills-Pillsbury Deal Includes Culture and History|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=18 July 2000|last1=Barboza|first1=David}}</ref>

==References==
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==Other websites==
*[https://www.haagendazs.us/ Official website]

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