Overview
Thanks for your interest in Dairy Queen®! We believe we offer the most distinctive, sound, and flexible franchise opportunities available in the quick service restaurant industry. Customers have enjoyed Orange Julius® products for over 80 years. The independent franchise operators of Orange Julius® restaurants and their employees, together with Orange Julius of America (OJA), strive to provide customers with the best products and service possible. Your feedback is important as it enables OJA and its independnt franchise operators to ensure that they maintain high standards of products and service.
Products & Services
In 1926 when Julius Freed wanted to open an orange juice stand in California, he asked his friend, Bill Hamlin, to help find a suitable location. Hamlin, a real estate developer, found Julius a small store in Los Angeles on South Broadway with a pool hall downstairs, a garment factory upstairs and a theater next door.
Julius Freed had only moderate success with his new business and Hamlin suggested Julius jazz up the drink. Hamlin had an idea how to make fresh-squeezed orange juice more exciting and consistent. A former chemistry student, Hamlin decided he would create a new formula. Freed liked the new fresh-blended drink idea and began selling it in his store. It was clearly a winner, quickly outselling orange juice. Hamlin soon jumped behind the counter to help keep up with thirsty customers shouting, "Give me an orange, Julius!" Thus the unique Orange Julius® name and product were born.
The Orange Julius Original® you can purchase today is very similar to the drink Hamlin and Freed invented and sold back in the 1920s. However now, along with the Julius Original drink, Orange Julius also offers a variety of great tasting smoothies and snacks, such as hotdogs and nachos.
Orange Julius stores spread across the U.S. quickly, particularly as part of shopping malls, and became a very sought-after and popular treat. In 1987, Orange Julius became a fully-owned subsidiary of International Dairy Queen® (IDQ) – the world’s largest distributors of frozen treats, hot food items and other drinks and treats. The relationship between the two has proven to be an advantageous one for both the treat purveyors and treat-lovers alike.
At present, Orange Julius has more than 200 stand-alone stores and more than 225 combination Dairy Queen/Orange Julius locations in the U.S. plus additional locations in Canada and other international markets and IDQ is a system of more than 5,700 Dairy Queen stores around the world.
Julius Freed had only moderate success with his new business and Hamlin suggested Julius jazz up the drink. Hamlin had an idea how to make fresh-squeezed orange juice more exciting and consistent. A former chemistry student, Hamlin decided he would create a new formula. Freed liked the new fresh-blended drink idea and began selling it in his store. It was clearly a winner, quickly outselling orange juice. Hamlin soon jumped behind the counter to help keep up with thirsty customers shouting, "Give me an orange, Julius!" Thus the unique Orange Julius® name and product were born.
The Orange Julius Original® you can purchase today is very similar to the drink Hamlin and Freed invented and sold back in the 1920s. However now, along with the Julius Original drink, Orange Julius also offers a variety of great tasting smoothies and snacks, such as hotdogs and nachos.
Orange Julius stores spread across the U.S. quickly, particularly as part of shopping malls, and became a very sought-after and popular treat. In 1987, Orange Julius became a fully-owned subsidiary of International Dairy Queen® (IDQ) – the world’s largest distributors of frozen treats, hot food items and other drinks and treats. The relationship between the two has proven to be an advantageous one for both the treat purveyors and treat-lovers alike.
At present, Orange Julius has more than 200 stand-alone stores and more than 225 combination Dairy Queen/Orange Julius locations in the U.S. plus additional locations in Canada and other international markets and IDQ is a system of more than 5,700 Dairy Queen stores around the world.
Why Orange Julius of America?
Why join the Dairy Queen® family?
- As a Berkshire Hathaway Company, our financial strength and strategic capabilities are unmatched.
- We’ve designed several unique development opportunities, each tailored to franchisees’ individual needs. Whether you are seeking single or multi-unit development, or are interested in investing financial and/or operational resources, we just might be the right choice for you.
- Our brand enjoys instant and positive recognition throughout the world.
- With over 60 years of franchising experience, we have the background and resources to guide you to success.
Are You a Good Fit for Orange Julius of America?
Most of all, we’re enormously proud of the Dairy Queen® family. Even though we support more than 5,700 restaurants in 22 countries, when you join Dairy Queen®, you join a family. We care about our franchisees and the communities in which they operate, and do everything we can to support both.
