Dairy Barn was a chain of regional

convenience stores A convenience store, convenience shop, corner store or corner shop is a small retail business that stocks a range of everyday items such as coffee, groceries, snack foods, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery ticke ...

located on Long Island, New York, with headquarters in

Elwood, New York Elwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 11,177 at the 2010 census. The hamlet, given its location in the center of the Town of Huntingt ...

. The stores were distinguished by their drive-through feature, red barn appearance, and little red silo. The peak number of operating Dairy Barn stores was approximately 70. Some original Dairy Barn locations remain open as retail establishments retaining the red barn theme.

History

In 1939 Edgar Cosman, a Swiss textile manufacturer with business interests in the United States, purchased the Oak Tree Dairy Farm on Long Island. In 1961 Cosman's son, Dieter Cosman, expanded the dairy's wholesale milk business into a chain of retail, drive-through convenience stores named "Dairy Barn."

References

External links

Official website of the defunct Dairy Barn- Not Current

Official Website of the modern day The Barn- Current
{{Convenience stores Convenience stores of the United States Companies based in Suffolk County, New York American companies established in 1961 Retail companies established in 1961 1961 establishments in New York (state)