The days of broken ice cream machines at McDonald’s may soon be behind us thanks to a new exemption to an old law. The U.S. Copyright Office has granted a partial ...

A broken ice cream machine is a familiar inconvenience to McDonald's customers. Franchise owners have complained about difficulties fixing the machines, McDonald's itself has poked fun at how ...

ColdSnap sells a machine that produces ice cream on demand, plus the pods that go in — Keurig style — in a variety of flavors. Expand to read more Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal Listen ...

Sweet tooth fans of McDonald’s are optimistic that the fast food chain’s seemingly perpetually broken ice cream machines will be a thing of the past—thanks to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

What just happened? Few things in life stay the same, but one reassuringly familiar sight is the broken ice cream machine in your local McDonald's. However, that looks set to change after the US ...

A new exemption to an old law will allow third-party companies to fix McDonald’s infamous ice cream machines. Customers and McDonald’s franchise owners have long complained about their ...

It may soon get quicker and easier to get your McFlurry fix — and McDonald’s franchisees won’t have to break the law to make it happen. The US Copyright Office ...

McDonald’s often maligned, seemingly perennially-broken ice cream machines could soon become a thing of the past. On Oct. 25, the United States Copyright Office ...

Julia Skinner is a food historian, educator, and founder of Root, an Atlanta-based company focused on fermentation and bringing historic food to the modern world. She has published several books ...