Couple selling ice cream boat business: ‘Life has other plans’
Editor’s note: The above video is from a July 2023 article profiling the business.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A couple that opened an ice cream boat last season is looking for someone to take over the business.
Megan Ward and her husband, Isaiah Kinney, started Ice Cream Afloat last May. They visited various West Michigan lakes to sell ice cream, posting their location each day on Facebook. The couple played classic ice cream truck music and sold prepackaged items like ice cream sandwiches and popsicles.
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Last summer, the pair told News 8 people were enthusiastic about the ice cream boat.
“I just love how happy everyone has been seeing us. That’s the best part, seeing how happy everyone is to see us and bringing a unique experience to people,” Ward previously said.
The couple opened Ice Cream Afloat shortly after moving to Michigan from West Virginia. Now, they’re moving again, they shared in a March 10 Facebook post.
“It saddens us to write this, but life has other plans for us,” the wrote in the post. “We will be relocating, and we will not be taking our business with us. It is our hope that someone will take over and continue our mission to serve ice cream and happiness to the boaters of Michigan.”
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In a second post, they shared they “are overwhelmed by the amount of responses we have received.”
Those interested in the business can send them a Facebook message, or reach out by email at icecreamafloatmi@gmail.com.
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