Rita's of Laguna Hills

In the sweltering hot summer of 1984, Bob Tumolo, a former Philadelphia firefighter started selling Italian Ice (also known as Water Ice) from a small porch window in Bensalem, PA. He named his business after his wife, Rita!

Over 30 years later, we stay true to the standards that made Rita’s a household name on the East Coast – our Italian Ice is still made fresh daily, still refreshing, still delicious, and still fun and the award-winning Old-Fashioned Frozen Custard was voted #1 in the United States. Rita’s didn’t invent Italian Ice, but we certainly made it cool. That’s what happens when you combine Italian Ice and happiness.

Rita’s was named one of the Top 25 Franchise High Performers by the Wall Street Journal’s ‘Startup Journal” and Ranked #156 on Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Top 500 Franchise Rankings” for 2011. For more information about Rita’s please call 1-800-677-RITA or visit www.ritasice.com.