United Dairy Farmers (known locally as UDF) is an American chain of shops offering ice cream and other dairy products started by Carl Lindner, Sr. and his children, Carl, Jr., Robert, Richard and Dorothy, in 1938. Almost as soon as they started operations, the Lindners began work on building a dairy store. Carl, Sr. believed that if he could sell milk through his own store, he would not have to deal with delivery middlemen and thus be able to pass the resulting savings on to his customers. The first United Dairy Farmers store, at 3955 Main Avenue (now Montgomery Road) in Norwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, opened on May 8, 1940.
Today, the chain has stores throughout the Greater Cincinnati area as well as Dayton, and Columbus. Many UDF stores also operate a gas station and a convenience store. Since 2001, many locations have sold gasoline under the Mobil brand, but are now supplying their own fuels via purchasing through independent wholesalers.
United Dairy Farmer's Homemade Brand Ice Cream is sold at UDF locations and in local grocery stores. Its chocolate variety was voted #1 Chocolate Ice Cream 2005 by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
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