In 1948 Irv Robbins & this brother-in-law began franchising their small chain of ice cream stores
... the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty stores, with 
more than 2,800... [DOC] [TLE] Baskin-Robbins - Wikipedia [PAR] Baskin-Robbins is the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty shops and is 
based in Canton, Massachusetts.