


“These shops offer customers near and far, from its Osage Beach roots, a slice of hometown Americana where it’s fun to be a kid for a while,” the Andy’s website notes. There are also plans for locations in South Carolina and Louisiana, the website adds. They grew the franchise to more than 50 locations in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Their son, Andy, and his wife, Dana, worked at the original Springfield store. There are many other Andy’s Frozen Custard stores around the country, including many in the home-base state of Missouri and several in Oklahoma around Tulsa and Oklahoma City.Īndy's Frozen Custard was founded in March 1986 in Osage Beach, Missouri, by John and Carol Kuntz. A note on the Andy's website also says one was being planned for Little Rock. There are two in Rogers, one in Fayetteville, two in Conway and two in Jonesboro. There are at least seven Andy’s Frozen Custard stores now in Arkansas, according to their website. Kevin Keefner, real estate manager for The Westphal Group, said the local firm retains ownership of the property where Andy’s Frozen Custard is being built by Gateway Construction. An Andy’s Frozen Custard is being built on Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith.Ī demolition permit was pulled this week to take down the former Hill Architecture building at 6609 Rogers Ave., next to Arby’s for the future Andy’s.īecky Reidle, officer manager at Andy’s Custard headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, said the franchisee has a tentative timeline to have the store ready for customers sometime in “early 2020.”
