Wasserstrom Earns DQ’s Vendor of the Year Award

The dealership, based in Columbus, Ohio, has served the QSR brand for 19 years.

September 18, 2024

From left: Troy Bader, president and CEO, IDQ; Brian York, director of sales—national accounts, Wasserstrom; Fara Adams, sales representative, Wasserstrom; Dan Kropp, COO, U.S. and Canada, IDQ; and Kevin Drayer, director, equipment innovation and operations, American Dairy Queen Corp./IDQ

International Dairy Queen has named Wasserstrom its U.S. equipment vendor of the year.

DQ leaders presented the award, among many others, at the DQ Supply Chain Summit 2024, which took place in Indian Wells, Calif., last week. The awards recognize vendors in the U.S. and Canada that have demonstrated exemplary partnership with IDQ and its network of independent franchise owners who own and operate DQ restaurants.

Wasserstrom has served IDQ and DQ franchise owners for 19 years. It ranks No. 3 in the FER 2024 Top Dealers Report.

IDQ, based in Minneapolis, parent company of American Dairy Queen Corp. and Dairy Queen Canada, has more than 7,500 DQ restaurants in 20 countries.