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Article: Selling ice cream, bringing back memories
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 27, 2008
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Ice cream is in Peter Christopoulos' blood.
His father was an ice cream truck vendor. Today, more than 25
years later, Christopoulos peddles frozen treats from a white 1996
Chevy Step Van plastered with colorful decals of cold novelties:
cherry 2Ball Screwball, chocolate chip cookie sandwich, strawberry
shortcake, Creamsicle, and more.
His Dracut-based business, called "Sweet Pete's," serves not just
neighborhoods, but also makes stops at Little League games, car
shows, company picnics, carnivals, school functions, and more.
"It's kind of a competition between other ice cream truck vendors
and me - whoever is the first one to arrive at, say, a ball game,
gets to sell at that spot," ...