Carvel Celebrates 75 Years of the Flying Saucer

Carvel will stage a UFO-style “crash landing” at the West Palm Beach shop March 19 and offer $0.75 Flying Saucers March 20

Carvel on South Dixie Highway. Photo courtesy of Carvel.
Carvel on South Dixie Highway. Photo courtesy of Carvel.

To celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Carvel’s iconic Flying Saucer—and to help kick off spring and the start of ice cream season—Carvel is staging a UFO-style “crash landing” outside the West Palm Beach Carvel shop, featuring a giant Flying Saucer installation, on March 19.

Carvel is staging a UFO-style “crash landing” outside the West Palm Beach Carvel shop. Photo courtesy of Carvel
Carvel is staging a UFO-style “crash landing” outside the West Palm Beach Carvel shop. Photo courtesy of Carvel

A historic Carvel landmark that still uses original soft serve machines, this location has been owned by Gina Scoppa for a decade, following in the footsteps of her parents who purchased the shoppe in 1973. Tom Carvel himself used this very location for product testing during his winters in Florida.

The activation also kicks off a nationwide celebration. On March 20, participating Carvel shoppes nationwide will offer Flying Saucers for $0.75. Plus, the first 50 guests at the crash site will receive commemorative Flying Saucer merchandise.

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