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FROST in the News!
 
10/31/2007 NOW OPEN!  Frost on the East Side

Frost has officially opened its second location at 7301 E. Tanque Verde Rd across from Udall Park.
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08/22/2007 Tucson Citizen - Nazario Melchionda, Frost, A Gelato Shoppe
By
Nina M. Padula and Norma Jean Gargasz

What do you get when you mix a spatula, milk, sugar and an Italian man? You get Frost's best ingredient, Nazario Melchionda, gelato master at Frost, A Gelato Shoppe, owned by Tucsonan's Stephen Ochoa and Jeffrey Kaiserman.
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05/08/2007 Arizona Daily Star - Gelato Skills Bring Frost's Master Gelato Maker Nazario Melchionda Back From Italy
By Josh Brodeski

When Nazario Melchionda's seasonal visa expired last fall, he thought an extension would take a matter of weeks. 
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05/03/2007 Frost on the East Side? - Good News!  The Frost Family Has Decided to Expand!

Due to an overwhelming amount of requests - sometimes five to seven a day - we have elected to open a new location on the East Side of town.
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01/27/2007 Alumnus Magazine - Frosty, Smooth and Delicious
By Valarie Potell

Gelato, a treat popular in Italy, has made its way to Tucson thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of two University of Arizona Alumni, Jeffery Kaiserman and Stephen Ochoa.
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11/06/2006 Inside Tucson Business- Frost Gelato Shoppe offers tasty Italian-style dessert
By Valarie Potell

Everything about Frost, a gelato shoppe opened by two University of Arizona Alumni, is designed to make patrons feel cold.
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10/15/2006 Eller College of Business Management Frost Gelato Shoppe Owners Receive Inaugural Emergent Entrepreneurs Award

Frost Gelato Shoppe owners Jeff Kaiserman and Stephen Ochoa received the 2006 Emergent Entrepreneurs Award.  The award celebrates visionary entrepreneurs on the rise.
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07/13/2006 Arizona Daily Star - Frosting Away Steamy Summer Days
By Brian J. Pedersen

Foothills resident Pam Crooke had an extra reason to go shopping at La Encantada last weekend: fresh gelato. "Just taking a Frost break," Crooke said, in between swallows of mint chocolate chip.

Frost, the locally-owned gelato shop on the Northwest Side, has been operating a small cart in the courtyard at La Encantada, 2905 E. Sunrise Drive, on select weekend days since April. Its presence has been in conjunction with the upscale shopping center's Summer of Enchantment Culinary Concert Series.
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06/14/2006 Explorer Newspaper - The sky's the limit for Tucson's gelato guys
By Laura Marble


They played little league baseball together. They endured university final exams together. And last month, Jeffrey Kaiserman and Stephen Ochoa celebrated a new milestone: their one-year anniversary as business partners.
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05/10/2006 Arizona Daily Star- Gelato packs 'em in
By Richard Ducote

Italians like to say "First, we eat with the eyes." So it is at Frost, A Gelato Shoppe, which has taken the town by storm at the southwest corner of Ina and Oracle roads. The small store, decked out in white and ice blue, suggests cool when you walk in. Then you see it — a curving glass display case with 39 stainless steel pans, each offering a different variety of frozen splendor...read article

 
05/09/2006 Frost Owners Jeff Kaiserman and Stephen Ochoa Featured on Inside Arizona Business Newscast
 
Frost a Gelato Shoppe owners Jeff Kaiserman and Stephen Ochoa were featured on Inside Arizona Business's "Business Spotlight" with Dana Cooper.  View video.
 
04/27/2006

Eller College of Managment, The University of Arizona - McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship inaugurates Emergent Entrepreneurs Award

Recipients Jeffrey Kaiserman and Stephen Ochoa, owners of Frost, A Gelato Shoppe, celebrated for their vision
 

“Clearly destined for entrepreneurial greatness” is the selection criteria for the new McGuire Center Award in Entrepreneurship — the Emergent Entrepreneur's Award. Given the extraordinary success of their first venture, certainly the 2006 recipients of the award are that...read article

01/01/2006 Tucson Lifestyle Magazine - Best of the City

FROST A Gelato Shoppe chosen as on of Tucson Lifestyle Magazines "Best of the City" places... read article
11/2005 The Desert Leaf 
A Great First Impression
By Lina Brewer

Jeff Kaiserman and Steve Ochoa believe Tucson is ready to enjoy gelato. Kaiserman first enjoyed the Italian version of ice cream five years ago in Italy. When he and Ochoa decided to bring gelato to their hometown, they knew they wouldn't be satisfied with halfway measures. "We went to 'Gelato University' back East to learn the basics," Kaiserman says...full story


11/28/05 Arizona Daily Wildcat
By Nick Smith

Two UA alumni didn't have to worry about finding a company to work for after graduation; they started their own.

Jeff Kaiserman and Steven Ochoa, who graduated in fall and spring 2003 respectively, are the owners of Frost: A Gelato Shoppe, located at the corner of West Ina Road and North Oracle Road at the Casas Adobes Shopping Center.

The shop opened during the last week in May, and is marking its six-month anniversary of being in business this week, Kaiserman said...full story



06/13/05 KOLD News 13

FROST A Gelato Shoppe featured on KOLD News 13 newscarst. View segment
06/02/05 Arizona Daily Star
By Sarah J. Bell

In Italy, they say you eat with your eyes first - and when it comes to the new Italian gelatoria Frost, customers are in for a wide-eyed feast. Greeted by an expansive, stainless-steel gelato cooler displaying 39 flavors - 2/3 of them gelato and 1/3 of them sorbet, there is plenty for customers to see and to eat. Jeff Kaiserman, 25, and Stephen Ochoa, 24, are the owners of Frost and have been friends since the second grade. They said they want their customers to be "wowed" when they enter the ice-blue shop. "You walk in and you just feel cool," Kaiserman said...full story



05/27/05 Popsynth Reviews FROST

A mana to the harsh desert, Gelato by Frost is heaven sent!   Ice cream joints like Marble Slab and Cold Stone are awesome in the winter, but what about beating the heat?   eegees takes some of the edge off, but nothing compares to the Frost.

The decoration and design style is very art contempo modernist.  Their graphic artist knew his business because everything from the napkins to the furnishings has the same branding feel.  Be sure to read the shirts of the servers, they all convey different messages.  Every wall hanging is backlit and sporting stainless steel.  The photos are wonderful images from the shopping center with crafty placements of Frost products.  Very professional... full story