When Mike Becker’s family visited Los Angeles this year, he took his three sons to a place that would help them understand his Southern California childhood. It wasn’t the beach. It wasn’t Hollywood.

If you’re an ice cream fan, there’s some bad news: One of America’s most beloved ice cream brands may soon see hundreds of its in-store retail locations vanish just as summer is beginning. Thrifty Ice ...

For weeks, KTLA has been tracking the uncertain future of Thrifty Ice Cream. The beloved California institution appears to have finally navigated the rocky road of Rite Aid’s closures, and now, with ...

Rite Aid has selected a successful bidder for its Thrifty Payless subsidiary, which includes the beloved Thrifty ice cream brand, according to a bankruptcy court filing on Thursday. The buyer was ...

Rite Aid has found a buyer for Thrifty Ice Cream in the midst of the pharmacy chain's bankruptcy proceedings. Hilrod Holdings was named the successful bidder for the ice cream maker and KPH Healthcare ...

Thrifty Beaches selects Santa Barbara for second store following Instagram poll. New 9,000-square-foot location on State Street to feature vintage goods, vehicles. Owner Adam Kemp eyes national growth ...

The giant former Beverly’s Fabric & Crafts store — which has sat vacant in downtown San Luis Obispo for four years — finally has a new tenant. Thrifty Beaches, a vintage shop already selling curated ...

Does the Thrifty ice cream in the freezer aisle taste the same as the stuff from the Rite Aid scoop counters? Thrifty makes more than two dozen ice cream flavors at its El Monte plant, but Chocolate ...

Sole proprietor Monica Mendez took her love for thrifty sales and in 2025 opened her first brick and mortar store, The ...

Almost 50 years ago Neel proposed a hypothesis to explain the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in modern society—the ‘thrifty gene’ hypothesis. The fundamental basis of the hypothesis was that, in ...