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Dairy Battle: Dairy Queen Promotion Will Allow Customers To Stick Face Under Blizzard Machine

January 6th, 2017
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OTTAWA, IL – Dairy Queen is planning to arrive in Ottawa in a big way this Spring by rolling out a promotion that will allow customers the opportunity to stick their face under the Blizzard machine and inhale as much ice cream as possible for one minute. With the ever competitive and growing ice cream […]

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