DIFFICULT
DIFFICULT AS THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN, THE PANDEMIC OPENED AN
UNEXPECTED DOOR FOR A YOUNG TWIN
CITIES MAN SINCE DAY AT HOME
STARTED LAST MARCH. HE'S
CREATED BOTH A BUSINESS AND A
BUZZ BY HUPERT HAS THE SWEET
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. >>
STORY. >> THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR KATY.
YEAH, I'M REALLY EARLY TODAY
ALONE. COMPLETELY, BUT NOT
FOR LONG.
FOR LONG.
FOR LONG. >> THAT'S ALL OF HER. HANCOCK
HIS MOM. LIKE WE WANT OUR HELP.
WE GOT IT. AND NDSU AROUND
THE BLOCK, USUALLY A SIDEWALK
FULL OF PEOPLE DOWN EXCELSIOR
BOULEVARD EVERY TIME. THEN IT IS
A HOT TICKET AROUND THE CORNER.
I'D STAND IN LINE FOR AN HOUR OR
SO.
SO.
SO. >>
SO. >> HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? MY MOM
GETTING ME AN ICE CREAM MACHINE
FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
>> HONESTLY, ZACH VRAA WAS LIKE
A LOT OF US AT THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC, WORKING HIS SALES JOB
FROM HOME AND IN SEX CASE EXPERT
WITH HIS NEW ICE CREAM MACHINE.
>> THIS WAS A YEAR AGO.
>> ON A WHIM, ZACH POSTED
ON INSTAGRAM ONE OF HIS FIRST
CREATIONS, A LUCKY CHARMS ICE
CREAM.
CREAM.
CREAM. >>
CREAM. >> THEN OTHERS INITIALLY
BRUSHING IT OFF WHEN PEOPLE
WANTED TO BUY HIS FUNFETTI ICE
CREAM.
CREAM.
CREAM. >>
CREAM. >> BLONDIE SPRINKLES, BUT NOT
FOR LONG.
FOR LONG.
FOR LONG. >> I WOULD POST IT ON MY PAGE,
SAY, HEY, I HAVE TEN PINTS
AVAILABLE. I'D HAVE ONE HUNDRED
PEOPLE MESSAGING ME. THAT'S WHEN
I GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT. WOW.
I NEED TO I NEED TO START DOING
THIS FULL SCALE IN A IN A FULL
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, WHICH IS
WHY ZACH IS NOW MAKING HIS EYOTA
ZEKRY ICE CREAM, A FULL
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, WHY HE'S
STILL EXPERIMENTING
STILL EXPERIMENTING WITH CONCOCTIONS LIKE GARLIC
CREAM CHEESE. I THINK
THE CORNDOG WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
ONES I GOT. I THOUGHT IT WAS
GOOD AND WHY THOSE TEN PINTS
OF WE ARE NOW 300 UNIQUE ENOUGH
THAT I'M LIKE I'LL TRY ANYTHING
WITH DEMAND OFTEN TEN TIMES
THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A IF YOU
GET IT EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH.
THESE ARE SEVEN LAYER BARS, ONE
FLAVOR A WEEK NEVER REPEATED
THIS INSTAGRAM VIDEO. I WILL
TEASE THE WEEKLY PLAY AND THIS
PICTURE WILL BE POSTED WHEN
THE FLAVOR GOES ON SALE ON CBS
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> YEAH, WATCH THIS.
>> IT'S GOING LIVE SOME THREE
HUNDRED PINTS AT TWELVE DOLLARS
EACH SOLD OUT IN ONE MINUTE
TONIGHT AND SAYING I STILL GET
BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH.
>> STICK WILL THROW WHICH
IN ZACH'S FACE IS SAY SOMETHING
TOUCHDOWN ZACH VRAA PICKED IT
OFF THE BACK OF THE DEFENDER
LEGENDARY NDU RECEIVED.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST ONE SO 2011
AND HOLDER OF FIVE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS. I'M THE ONE
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE
HOLDING THE TROPHY. IF I CAN BE
A PART OF A TEAM THAT WINS FIVE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, I THINK
I CAN MAKE A SUCCESSFUL ICE
CREAM BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT, I'LL
TRY ANYTHING I CAN GET MY HANDS.
IT'S DOUBTFUL ANYONE IN LINE
EVEN KNOWS BUSIEST THEY'VE BEEN
TRYING TO RECEIVE. ALL RIGHT.
I SHOW YOU ON ZACH'S ICE CREAM,
NO DOUBT READY TO TRY IT.
HE BAKED LITERALLY THE BEST ICE
CREAM I'VE EVER HAD. I'M HAPPY
TO IT. SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN
CAN GET BETTER IN THAT EVERY
TIME I OPEN THE DOOR AND I SEE
THE LINE WRAPPING AROUND
THE CORNER. OH, YEAH. IT'S A
FEELING THAT NEVER GETS YOU GO.
YEAH, I DID ABOUT THIS ONE SONG
I GOT TO THE FORMER COLLEGE
FOOTBALL STAR WHO'S LINED UP A
COOL SECOND CLASS.
>> GO HELP FLLOYD. HI
KARE 11 NEWS ST. LOUIS SPARK.
DUE TO INCREASING DEMAND, ZACH
IS WORKING ON EXPANSION PLANS
FOR A TO Z CREAMERY. YOU'LL FIND
LINKS TO HIS WEBSITE INSTAGRAM
PAGES WITHIN THIS STORY AT
KARE 11 ...
>> BEN, WHERE DO I START? YOU
KNOW, BOIT HAD ME AT ICE CREAM
RIGHT? AND I'M LIKE, WOW, WHAT
A STORY WAITING FOR THE GUY IS
JUST A HOBBY. RIGHT? AND THEN
HE TURNS IT INTO THIS REMARKABLE
BUSINESS AND THEN BOOM AND BUST
THE RINGS OUT AND I COME ON .
YEAH. ALWAYS TAKES A HARD TURN.
IT GETS IT EVERY YEAH.
I'M THINKING TOO IF