As of July 23, Waldoboro village has a source of world-famous Gifford’s ice cream.
Just south of the river, on lower Main Street (Old Route One) at Cider Hill Farm, will be the new location of Total Victory Ice Cream. For the last three years, Total Victory Ice Cream has been seen at such venues as the Union Fair, Friendship Day, and the Boothbay Railway Village. Now, the business is happy to be located in a peaceful, permanent location.
The business’s new location, Cider Hill Farm, is a delightful place to enjoy ice cream, with a large parking lot and lots of fields and shade trees. Cider Hill Farm has a disc golf course, featuring Thusday evening tournaments. It is also a popular venue for weddings, music festivals, and the Waldoboro Farmers Market every Wednesday from 3-6 p.m.
Many local residents have missed seeing the mobile Total Victory ice cream shop at the end of the nearby VFW parking lot. Because they were only powered by a generator, their presence was inconsistent.
Now, with a permanent location complete with water and electric power, the shop will have a consistent presence in the village. Open from noon to 7 p.m. seven days a week, the shop will serve up delicious ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbets in a variety of flavors, sizes, and shapes.
The shop offers three sizes of bowls and two types of cones (cake or sugar) in three sizes – small, regular, and “too much.” Too much is too much to fit on a cone, so unless a customer wants to eat it out of a bowl, the proprietors suggest ordering a regular size or smaller.
“We’ve received a lot of positive comments about our family-friendly pricing,” says co-owner Susan Moody. People are pleased to be able to purchase a very small baby size at only $1.50 (not recommended for full-size patrons).
The prices for normal sizes are small, $2.50; regular, $3.50; and too much, $5. For drinks (all priced at $1), the shop offers the standard variety of sodas and iced tea in cans, along with bottled water and hot or iced coffee. It is also working on developing its own brand of GMO-free and specialty ice creams.
The shop has the capacity to stock over 40 flavors of Giffords ice cream. For now, it has limited the menu to under 20, which includes some frozen yogurt, sorbets, and some fat-free, sugar-free flavors.
Started as a family experiment at the 2012 Union Fair, the story behind Total Victory Ice Cream is quite fascinating, says co-owner Bill Moody.
“After asking the state and the Union Fair Committee as to the requirements and regulations needed to sell ice cream at the fair, we decided to construct a temporary booth and sell four flavors – chocolate, vanilla, Muddy Boots, and mint chocolate chip.
“As it turned out, we sold ‘Boots’ and ‘chip’ almost exclusively. We also had to compete against an established ice cream business from Auburn who sold a well-known local brand. They have since chosen not to return to the Union Fair.
“Having done a fair business (no pun intended) at our first event, we wondered what it would take to put wheels under our booth. After casually exploring Craigslist, we discovered an ice cream vending trailer for sale in Wiscasset, complete with freezers and the works.
“Realizing that the equipment included was worth nearly the price of the whole unit, we decided to take a chance and buy it, with one small problem. We had zero cash.
“Knowing the unit would produce some good income, we decided to offer our friends an opportunity to make some money by bankrolling us. We proposed to pay them $600 for each $500 they loaned us, to be paid at the end of one year. They did, we did, and the rest is history!
“We knew they had the same values as us, and would likely spend some of the interest earned to promote Christian ministries, something we were unable to do at that time due to our lack of cash.
“As it turned out, over $1,100 was seeded into worthy causes and we were able to purchase the ice cream trailer without any cash. Truly a win-win scenario … sort of a ‘total victory’ if you will.
“Speaking of total victory, we love to share the spiritual dynamics of victory, which have led to some extraordinary events in the past. We have seen people healed of some rather serious medical conditions through effective prayer.
“Understanding the spititual dynamics of victory is what makes the difference, and that is what we enjoy sharing. Whether it’s flying an airplane or producing good ice cream, unless you understand what makes it successful, your labor is in vain.”
Total Victory Ice Cream will hold an open house to celebrate its new location on Saturday, Sept. 5, which will correspond with the opening of school. One of the prizes will appropriately be a backpack stuffed with school supplies.
Other activities will include kids games with prizes including free ice cream (yes, adults can play too) along with other discounts and enticements.
Regular hours (until school starts) will be noon to 7 p.m., seven days per week. After school starts, and depending on the weather, the hours may change. If they continue to be busy, they plan to stay open to meet the demand.
Suggestions and ideas are always welcome and free ice cream can be earned by submitting a winning comment card. Cards are drawn weekly.
“We are here to serve the community,” say the owners. “By supporting great causes with our profits, dishing out excellent ice cream, and introducing hungry people to the secrets of victory, we are here to serve.”
For more information regarding any of the above, call owners Bill and Sue Moody at 542-7397.
(Submitted article)
