New Forest Ice Cream is a successful family business which supplies everything from the simple lollipop line to that extra special ‘after dinner’ treat.

During the hot summer months they were finding that even the smallest amount of sunlight exposure caused a rise in temperature to the ice cream. The time taken to load the ice cream from the cold store to the lorry was enough to cause a problem.

The solution, they purchased two tailor-made tunnels from Owen Brown, both measuring 3.5 metres wide, 3 metres long and 4 metres high. Both tunnels were affixed to the cold store building and when fully extended allowed enough height for the lorries to backup underneath the canopy, ensuring no sunlight exposure to the product whatsoever.

The benefit; as Lawrie Jenman, Managing Director from New Forest Ice Cream explained

“Last summer the tunnels proved to be invaluable due to the constant soaring temperatures we

experienced and we were able to maintain the exact required temperature for the ice cream.

This summer we have successfully repeated the process and we have found that the tunnels also provide ideal protection from occasional summer storms!"

GL events Owen Brown

Station Road, Castle Donington, Derbyshire, DE74 2NL

Telephone: +44 (0) 845 373 1849

Fax: +44 (0) 1332 850005

Email: tunnels@owen-brown.co.uk