Family Affair: Area Man, Daughters Buy 3 Creamery Locations

An area accountant and his two daughters are about to get into the ice cream business, with their pending purchase of three Creamery locations.

David Ciarlette, senior partner with Mokena accounting firm Ciarlette & Robbins LLP, and his daughters Jodi McCarthy and Jillian Hersted cast the winning bids for the ice cream shops in Frankfort, Mokena and Orland Hills. The deal has not yet been closed, and the purchase price has not been revealed.

The sisters—both Mokena residents—will run the show in all three locations, and told Daily Southtown that fans can expect that much will stay the same.

”We don’t want the employees or the community to feel there are going to be big changes,” Hersted said.

The chain’s seven locations went up for auction April 7, after its owner Bill McEnery stated he would be taking on a new role with an investment bank, leaving him no time for the business. It’s unclear what will become of the other four.

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