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Surviving since Lincoln: How six generations beat the small business curse - Fox Business

By Arabella Bennett

Surviving since Lincoln: How six generations beat the small business curse - Fox Business

Sixth-generation owner Alex Bassett Strange leads a Philadelphia ice cream business that has survived 165 years with new flavors and global exports.

Bassett’s Ice Cream has survived economic downturns, changing consumer tastes and generations of competition while remaining under family ownership since its founding in 1861. Now led by its sixth ge… [+1733 chars]

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