Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- As we celebrate National Ice Cream month, it's time to mourn the loss of half-gallon containers of ice cream. Once the symbol of summer fun, this product has all but melted away ...

GARDNERS, Pa. — Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Alan Downs figured it would be a breeze to down a half-gallon of Hershey’s chocolate ice cream. He plunked his money at the Pine Grove Furnace ...

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The half-gallon ice cream container — the sweet standard of grocery store freezers for decades — is quietly starting to shrink. While manufacturers over the years reduced ...

At the halfway point of the more than 2,000 mile-long Appalachian Trail, hikers stop to refresh with a half gallon of ice cream. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 5, 2023.) Each year ...