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Kona Ice is preparing to surf into new turf this season.<\/p>\n

The tropical shaved ice brand recently introduced a tidal wave of innovations during the Kona Konvention held in Northern Kentucky from January 28th thru January 31st, including the launch of a new flavoring company and the rollout of a mobile phone app. The brand also announced that it has given away a total of $35 million to communities nationwide since its inception eight years ago.<\/p>\n

In addition to the recent updates, Mayor Sherry Carran of Convington, Kentucky, made a special appearance to proclaim that January 29th has officially been named \u201cKona Ice Day,\u201d which was met with a standing ovation at the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kona Ice is preparing to surf into new turf this season. The tropical shaved ice brand recently introduced a tidal wave of innovations during the Kona Konvention held in Northern Kentucky from January 28th thru January 31st, including the launch of a new flavoring company and the rollout of a mobile phone app. The brand … Cowabunga Surfs Up for Kona Ice Tropical Brand Rides Wave of Innovation into 2016 and Beyond<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-wire"],"yoast_head":"\nCowabunga Surfs Up for Kona Ice Tropical Brand Rides Wave of Innovation into 2016 and Beyond - Franchising Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Island-Themed Shaved Ice Franchise Celebrates Seventh Annual Kona Konvention; Introduces the World to its New Flavoring Company, Mobile App and So Muc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisegator.com\/articles\/cowabunga-surfs-up-for-kona-ice-tropical-brand-rides-wave-of-innovation-into-2016-and-beyond-12434\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cowabunga Surfs Up for Kona Ice Tropical Brand Rides Wave of Innovation into 2016 and Beyond - Franchising Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Island-Themed Shaved Ice Franchise Celebrates Seventh Annual Kona Konvention; 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