ICEE is owned by parent company J&J Snack Foods, which also owns Super Pretzel and Dippin' Dots. Dan Fachner has been with the ICEE company for decades and now leads J&J Snack Foods from its ...

But while Omar Knedlik had the idea for the ICEE, he didn't build the machine on his own, and that's where Dallas came into play. Knedlik worked on the machine with Dallas-based manufacturer John E.