# Founder Feature: Hannah Pollack of Nightingale Ice Cream

- Show: [The Startup CPG Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-startup-cpg-podcast)
- Published: 2026-04-10
- Length: 30m
- Episode: 290
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-startup-cpg-podcast/2026-04-10-founder-feature-hannah-pollack-of-nightingale-ice-cream
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/d20f0725

## Summary

Hannah Pollack, founder and CEO of Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches, discusses the brand's 10-year journey from a restaurant dessert to a nationally distributed frozen novelty. She explains the technical and logistical challenges of maintaining product integrity for ice cream during distribution, specifically contrasting their real ice cream with 'frozen dairy desserts' that use stabilizers to prevent melting. Pollack details their scaling strategy, including site visits to vet distribution partners and a new expansion into 175 Whole Foods center store locations, while emphasizing their commitment to sustainable sourcing and non-GMO ingredients.

## Outline

1. Introduction: Hannah Pollack and Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches
2. Product Philosophy: Real Ice Cream vs. Frozen Dairy Desserts
3. Sustainability and Ingredients: Palm Oil and Non-GMO Sourcing
4. Logistics and Distribution: Maintaining Temperature Integrity
5. Vetting Partners: Site Visits and Operational Standards
6. Seasonality and Flavor Profiles: Key Lime, Banana Pudding, and Caramel Churro
7. Retail Expansion: Whole Foods Center Store Launch
8. Brand Story: Name Origin and Logo Evolution

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Logistics & fulfilment](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/logistics-and-fulfillment)
- [Retail, wholesale & distribution](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/retail-and-distribution)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches (product)
- Whole Foods (company)
- UNFI (company)
- RSPO (other)
- Food Network (other)
- Food & Wine (other)
- Delish (other)
- Greenleaf's Pool Room (other)
- Ya Snacks (company)

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