New Business Spotlight: Just Us & Treats to start ice cream adventure on wheels

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Just Us & Treats will hit the road in May with hard-served, made in Iowa ice cream. The food truck is owned by Sara and Jorel Justus.

Name of business: Just Us & Treats Proprietor: Sara and Jorel Justus Type of business: Food trailer Jorel and Sara Justus, owners of Just Us & Treats, are pictured next to their food trailer along the Mississippi River on April 1. Just Us & Treats will have hard-served, made in Iowa ice cream. They will be serving ice cream scoops, sundaes, ice cream nachos, ice cream flights and ice cream floats.

Social media web address: Just Us & Treats on Facebook Business email: [email protected] When is opening date: May 1 Ice cream flight feature any six of Just Us & Treats' ice cream flavors each served as a 2.5 ounce scoop.



What products or services does the business offer: Hard-served, made in Iowa ice cream. We will be serving ice cream scoops, sundaes, ice cream nachos, ice cream flights and ice cream floats. We will be serving eight flavors, which will be switched out periodically with seasonal flavors throughout the year.

We will also have many toppings available that will also be periodically rotated throughout the year as well. We will post on our Facebook page specials that will be available during holidays and special events that we attend. Shown is the banana split ice cream nachos from Just Us & Treats.

It features vanilla bean ice cream, strawberry syrup, chocolate syrup with whipped cream, served with waffle cone chips. Why did you start or locate your business to where you are now? We knew we wanted to own a food trailer we just weren’t sure what route to go. We had a couple ideas, overall, we felt this one was the best for our community.

What would people be surprised to know about your business? That we cater events like weddings, graduations, birthdays, family reunions, employee appreciations, etc...

Just contact us and we can see if we can host your event. Any future plans for expansion or addition for your business? Yes, we are working towards opening a shop in the near future. Jorel and Sara Justus, owners of Just Us & Treats, showing off their shirt logos behind their food trailer April 1.

Where did you get the idea? We saw something similar on social media and thought we don’t have anything like this in our area. What was the biggest hurdle you had to overcome? We had many hurdles getting the food trailer in an operational position for business. We have multiple local businesses to thank for repairing our trailer so we were able to obtain permits.

Is this your first business? Yes To whom did you go for advice? We didn’t go to anyone specifically for advice, but we did exhaust many hours of research. Is there anything else you would like your community to know about your business? We are trying to book community events all over the Quad-Cities and surrounding areas so we can bring our amazing ice cream to as many people as possible. Micah Thomas, 1, enjoys an ice cream cone Tuesday during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Davenport Police Association.

Having your photo taken with police was popular during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park in Davenport. The event was sponsored by the Davenport Police Association. On the left is Capt.

Gil Proehl while on the right is Capt. Greg Behning. Elaina Slay, 6, chats with Davenport Police Capt.

Jane Imming during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park in Davenport. The event was sponsored by the Davenport Police Association. Armani Lopez, 5, checks out the back of the 1951 Davenport Police paddy wagon that was on display Tuesday at the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held at Vanderveer Botanical Park.

The event was sponsored by the Davenport Police Association. Armani Lopez, 5, inspects the handcuffs in the 1951 Davenport Police paddy wagon that was on display at the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park. The event was sponsored by the Davenport Police Association.

These two found a spot to eat their ice cream on the back of the Davenport Police Department's UTV during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Davenport Police Association. The Davenport Central dance team Blue Illusion served ice cream and passed out stick-on Davenport Police badges during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Davenport's Vander Veer Botanical Park. From right to left are Keith Wright, Camryn Hardaway, and Bella Hill.

Lucas Le, 1, takes a bite of strawberry ice cream from his grandmother's cone on Tuesday at the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Davenport Police Association. Davenport Police Sgt. Timothy Murphy talks to children sitting in the squad car about how all of the computers work and what the buttons are for during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park.

Amari Parker Jr., 1, eats his ice cream cone during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park in Davenport. The event was sponsored by the Davenport Police Association.

Members of Davenport Central High School's dance team Blue Illusion pass out stick-on police badges during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park. Jenny Marxen, 4, eats a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone from Whitey's Ice Cream on Tuesday at the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Davenport Police Association. With her police badge stuck to the top of her head, Oaklynn VanThournout, 2, heads down the roller slide Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Davenport Police Association.

Ryker Brown, 7, found his spot in the driver's seat of the 1951 Davenport Police paddy wagon during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park. Kids enjoyed climbing through the squad cars during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park and sponsored by the Davenport Police Association. Here, Canan Franks, 5, looks out the back of a Davenport squad car.

A woman takes a bite of her Whitey's ice cream cone during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park and sponsored by the Davenport Police Association. Lavie Le, 2, reaches for the police badge in her mother's hands during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park. Steve Imming of Davenport takes a bite of his Whitey's Ice Cream cone during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park.

Keith Wright of the Davenport Central High School dance team the Blue Illusion makes a chocolate ice cream cone Tuesday during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park. Evelyn Hogg, 15, found the back of the 1952 Davenport Police paddy wagon a spot to get away from the crowd at the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park. Aziya Parker, 1, takes a bite of his Whitey's Ice Cream cone during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Davenport Police Association and held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park.

Tierzah Nunn, 6, takes a bite of her Whitey's strawberry ice cream cone during the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park and sponsored by the Davenport Police Association. For those who didn't want ice cream, there were other frozen treats to enjoy. Aleah Rivera, 5, enjoys an icy treat at the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social.

Davenport Police and the Davenport Central High School dance team Blue Illusion at the 9th annual Cops and Cones Ice Cream Social held Tuesday at Vander Veer Botanical Park. Over the span of an hour, regular ice cream begins to lose its shape and drip into the beaker below after 30 minutes, while UW-Madison Ph.D.

researcher Cameron Wick's ice cream, infused with polyphenols, holds its shape. With our weekly newsletter packed with the latest in everything food..