Homemade gelato
at Rodga

Lina Lundqvist runs a summer café at Rodga Säteri. From May to September, lunch, sandwiches, coffee, buns, and pastries are served in combination with the area's cultural history, horses, and sheep in nearby pastures, nature, and hiking trails. In the summer of 2023, Lina had the opportunity to borrow a machine for small-scale production of gelato, a type of fresh ice cream, and tried it on customers. The trial was labor-intensive with the equipment available but was successful. From there, the idea was born to make gelato a permanent part of the café's offerings. However, efficient and quality production requires investments in equipment that Lina did not see she could manage on her own. Within the project, which has been granted as project support to businesses, the necessary equipment for ice cream production will be acquired, installed, and put into operation, allowing café Rodga Spis to offer a unique new product.

The project is a development of the business café Rodga Spis and contributes to strengthening the company's competitiveness as a destination. The hope is that it will lead to more guests and increased revenue with better profitability. In the long term, they hope to be able to hire a pastry chef.

Project goals

The goal at the end of the project is to be able to offer guests a unique product. A homemade ice cream called “gelato” made from Swedish milk and cream that is produced and served fresh daily.

The project's quantitative goals:
• Equipment for the production of gelato, installed and ready for use.
• A new permanent product on the café's menu

The project's qualitative goals:
• Increased knowledge about handling machines and ice cream production
• An expanded and diversified product range
• Increased attractiveness that attracts more visitors
• Conditions to develop and strengthen the business