1931 – Avondale Dairy was founded by the Stewart Family.
1955 – Avondale Dairy Bar was built for retail sales of milk and fresh Ice cream. Opening day June 30th, 1955.
1963 – Avondale Dairy opens its modern plant. Public tours happen for this occasion.
1963 – Final horse-drawn milk route for home delivery of milk stops.
1969 – Beatrice foods purchase Avondale Dairy and Avondale Dairy Bar from the Stewart Family.
1986 – Ray and Deb Sheehan purchase Avondale Dairy Bar from Beatrice Foods.
1987 – Avondale Dairy Bar begins making ice cream cakes and pies.
1994 – We begin to sell ice cream cakes & pies and ice cream tubs to restaurants, grocery stores, and other ice cream scooping operations.
1995 – 40th Anniversary of the opening of Avondale Dairy Bars, raised money for equipment for the pediatric department of the General Hospital.
1997 – We began a partnership with The Niagara Peninsula Children’s Centre to raise funds through ice cream tours in conjunction with Stewart Haven Farms.
1998 – Wild Blueberry hard frozen yogurt wins “Best Hard Frozen Yogurt” of the year at the National Ice Cream Retailers Convention.
1998 – Death by Caffeine wins “Best New Flavor of the Year” at Canada’s Ice Cream Festival, Woodstock Ontario.
1999 – English Crumb Cake wins “Flavor of the Year” at Canada’s Ice Cream Festival, Woodstock Ontario.
2001 – Kahlua Espresso Fudge wins the “Best Coffee” flavor at the National Ice Cream Retailers annual convention.
2001-03-04 &2005 – Our Vanilla, Chocolate, and Strawberry ice cream win awards for quality at the annual National Ice Cream Retailers Convention.
2005 – 50th Anniversary of the opening of Avondale Dairy Bars.
2007 – Vanilla and Strawberry won awards at the National Ice Cream Retailers Convention.
2008 – Our Vanilla and Chocolate ice cream win awards for quality at the annual National Ice Cream Retailers Convention.
2009 – First annual fundraiser for the pediatric ward at the General Hospital. We raised over $3000.
2012 – First year of partnership with the Rankin Cancer Run.
2015 – 60th Anniversary of the opening of Avondale Dairy Bars.