Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Cold Stone Creamery offers ice cream, smoothies, cakes and shakes. It offers a variety of shakes, such as vanilla, strawberry, cherry cheesecakes, and milk and cookies. Its flavors of smoothies include mango, banana, citrus and strawberry. The company offers gift cards that can be purchased and redeemed at any of its locations. It provides gift cards for birthdays, holidays and employee incentives. Cold Stone Creamery is a part of Kahala Cold Stone, one of the leading franchisors with a portfolio of over 14 diversified brands. It operates more than 1,400 locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan. Cold Stone Creamery also maintains a presence in Huntington Beach, Calif.