In 1948 Irv Robbins & this brother-in-law began franchising their small chain of ice cream stores
Known for their 31 flavors, Baskin-Robbins is the world's largest chain of ice 
cream specialty stores ... After working in his father's ice cream store as a 
teenager, Irv Robbins came back from serving in World War II to start his own ice 
cream parlor.