Dinner by Heston Blumenthal proving so popular that by November 2011, some 900 were being sold per week and the restaurant was aiming to increase production to be able to supply up to 1200 a week. During the Christmas period, the Meat Fruit is decorated to appear like a plum rather than a mandarin to accord with the holiday season. The ice cream trolley holds a contraption created by Blumenthal and his team, and constructed from Corian by Mike Smith Studio at a cost of £25,000. Powered by a hand crank, it mixes custard and liquid nitrogen to create instant ice cream at the
Stroh's Ice Cream in the Metro Detroit area. The primary ice cream plant remained in Detroit until February 2007, when it was announced that the facility would be moving to Belvidere, Illinois, though the Detroit distribution facility would continue to operate. Stroh's Ice Cream Stroh's Ice Cream, founded by the Stroh Brewing Company of Detroit, Michigan, is owned and distributed by Dean Foods of Dallas, Texas. Stroh's Ice Cream is a regional brand distributed mainly in the Midwestern United States. It used to be owned by namesake company, the Stroh Brewing Company, which had a large presence (and in some cases, like the