Baskin-Robbins' opens in Cape Town

Friday is opening day for a new specialty ice cream store at Canal Walk in Cape Town‚ from the world’s largest chain which offers a pink spoon to taste its flavours including Pralines and Cream‚ Chocolate Overload and Green Tea‚ Earl Grey and Cookies.

Baskin-Robbins's Cape Town outlet will be operated by South African franchise holder‚ Grand Foods.

Cape Business News quoted Sean Dearham‚ chief operating officer of Baskin-Robbins South Africa‚ as saying that the demand for artisanal ice cream and a variety of flavours is on the rise in the local market.

Baskin-Robbins is best known globally for its "31 flavours" - a different flavour for each day of the month - but has what it calls "a library of over 1‚300 different flavours to choose from".

Under the Grand Foods banner‚ Baskin-Robbins South Africa is the 51st country to offer the ice cream shop.