Betty Rae’s Ice Cream

Betty Rae's Ice Cream, River Market, May 2019

‘Empathy over economics’: Why Betty Rae’s is storing its scoops amid COVID-19 brainfreeze

Editor’s note: The following is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, as well as how innovation is helping to drive a new normal in the ecosystem. Click here to follow related stories as they develop. A typical spring would see the winter blues lifting over Kansas City…

Brandon Love, Crumble

Health scare forced KC’s colorful wax guru to get serious: ‘This is Crumble growing up with me’

Brandon Love is keeping his iconic, brightly-colored hair, but melting away distractions that could be holding back his already wildly successful, but evolving lifestyle brand, Crumble Co., he said. The first to go: Some of the eye-catching candle and wax product names that first caught customers’ attention because of their tongue-in-cheek innuendos and four-letter words,…

Scoops and fruit loops: Quirky collaboration melds Crumble candles, Betty Rae’s Ice Cream

Brandon Love hungered for a Kansas City brand as unconventional as his own high-growth aroma confectionery, Crumble Co. He found his match at Betty Rae’s. “I started trying to pick apart [potential partners] to see who would be the best fit,” said Love, Crumble Co.’s founder and “head fruit loop in charge.” “Our way’s really…