South
Haven, situated on the shores of Lake Michigan between Holland
and Benton Harbor is renowned for its blueberries and tourists.
It is a lesser-known fact that South Haven is also where they
make one of the finest eating ice creams around - Sherman's.
Grandpa Sherman started the business back in 1916. He had a
small herd of dairy cattle and delivered milk with a horse drawn
wagon from house to house around South Haven.
The business flourished through the years as Grandpa Sherman
passed the business on to his son Rupert, who in turn passed it
on to his boys. One of the boys, Port, always had it in his mind
to make something good tasting that would make people happy -
ice cream. So in the 50's he started fiddling and fussing with
an old ice cream batch freezer, trying to make the best ice
cream around.
Port wanted an old-fashioned ice cream - not one too light or
too greasy. He loaded it up with natural flavorings - no need to
cheapen the product by using artificial flavors. After he got it
just the way he wanted it, Port started selling it, first house
to house, then to ice cream stores and finally grocery stores.
Meanwhile, Port bought out his brothers and stopped bottling
milk stating confidently, "We'll just make good ice cream."
What
Makes Sherman's So Special?
Simply stated, Sherman's tastes terrific and is still
affordable. Port Sherman found the niche by creating an ice
cream richer and heavier than most standard ice creams, but not
too much like the expensive heavy bodied super premiums. Our ice
cream is so good and creamy that people usually want that second
scoop.
Sherman's is made the old fashioned way - many flavors, still
one batch at a time, without the help of huge high-tech
equipment. The ice cream is loaded with flavorings - big
strawberries in the Strawberry lots of pecans in the Butter
Pecan, hunks of fudge in the Mackinac Island Fudge. Almost all
of the products are 100% naturally flavored. The quality of the
nuts, candies, fruits and fudges that flavor our ice cream,
sherbets and yogurts is always first consideration.
Finally, Sherman's tries to create many unique flavors, for
example; Muddy Sneakers, Grasshopper, French Silk, and
Cappuccino to name just a few.
Ice Cream &
Yogurt Shops, Restaurants, Supermarkets,
Convenience Stores, and Institutions.
We happily serve them all. Many people ask us if we make two
different ice creams, one for 3 gallon bulk and one for our
retail packages. It's the same ice cream. We work so hard
assuring the quality of our products, that we certainly wouldn't
want to divide our attention between two different ice creams.
We do, however make other frozen desserts that are good enough
to be called Sherman's. We make exotic sorbets and for our
health and diet conscious consumers we have both hard pack and
soft serve frozen yogurt. Also, in 3-gallon bulk only, we make
Fat-Free/Sugar-Free Ice Creams.
We do our best to have the products people enjoy and to put
smiles on their faces.
Sherman's In Your Area?
Sherman's area of distribution is southwest Michigan, northeast
Indiana, and the greater Chicago area. We go as far north as
Big Rapids, east to Battle Creek, south to Three Rivers, and
then northern Indiana to Plymouth. We use a distributor in
Downers Grove, Illinois to handle 3-gallon bulk ice cream only
in greater Chicago.
For a place near you, call 269-637-1148.
269.637.8251
1601 Phoenix Rd.
South Haven, Michigan 49090
