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Dippin' Dots Wants Sean Spicer As a Friend

Dippin' Dots Wants Sean Spicer As a Friend
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By Bill Hughes
Jan. 23, 2017 | PADUCAH, KY
By Bill Hughes Jan. 23, 2017 | 02:04 PM | PADUCAH, KY
They aren't sure why it's even being discussed, but the folks at Dippin' Dots hope to make friends with White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

After multiple news outlets including the New York Daily News shared Tweets from Spicer about the ice cream company dating back to 2010, company president Scott Fisher wrote an open letter to Spicer on Monday, saying they should be, "friends, rather than foes." 

Dippin' Dots media relations manager Billie Stuber told West Kentucky Star that neither Fisher or founder and CEO Curt Jones have had any interaction with Spicer.

Stuber said, "We've not really had an relationship with him in the past, so I'm not really sure (of) the genesis of his comments about Dippin' Dots, but we certainly want to turn him into a fan."

In April 2010, a Spicer Tweet contended Dippin' Dots is not "the ice cream of the future," refuting the company's long-time slogan. At the time, Spicer was working at a public relations firm he had co-founded near the nation's capitol.

When Dippin' Dots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2011, Spicer shared a link to an article about it, calling it the "ice cream of the past." 

While it may have been less high-profile than his statement this weekend while arguing with news media about crowd size at President Trump's inauguration, Spicer's claim about the Paducah-based company has apparently been proven wrong.

In Fisher's letter, he says under his ownership, Dippin' Dots has experienced double-digit growth over the last three years, creating jobs and opportunities.

"We hear that's on your agenda, too," Fisher wrote, acknowledging Spicer's new job with the president. 

Fisher's letter offered to bring the new administration some of their product. 

Stuber said, "We're happy to treat them to some Dippin' Dots, to an ice cream party. We want to have fun. Ice cream is serious to us, and apparently it's serious to him as well."


Here is the entire letter from Fisher:

Dear Sean, 

We understand that ice cream is a serious matter. And running out of your favorite flavor can feel like a national emergency! We’ve seen your tweets and would like to be friends rather than foes. After all, we believe in connecting the dots. 

As you may or may not know, Dippin’ Dots are made in Kentucky by hundreds of hard working Americans in the heartland of our great country. As a company, we’re doing great. We’ve enjoyed double-digit growth in sales for the past three years. That means we’re creating jobs and opportunities. We hear that's on your agenda too. 

We can even afford to treat the White House and press corps to an ice cream social. What do you say? We’ll make sure there’s plenty of all your favorite flavors. 

Yours, 

Scott, CEO of Dippin’ Dots



Spicer has since responded back to the company with another tweet:

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