DAIRY JOY DRIVE-IN

If you had asked Zach Ruh in high school what a life of service might look like, he would have said, "Simple, I want to own the Dairy Joy Drive-In and make hamburgers for my customers." At least that is what he told his mother when she asked what he wanted to do when he grew up... "I had my first job at Dairy Joy in 1994," remembers Zach. "I went to work there for Wyn and Jan Wahlgren, and they taught me everything there was to know about running the place. It has been here since 1957, when it was about a third the size it is now and was called Don's Delight, but it has been Dairy Joy for nearly 64 years now. It was just a great place to work. I loved going there as a kid too. Everybody in the area knows it as a local landmark." Over the years Zach would return periodically to pitch in when Wyn and Jan needed extra help, and when Jan passed away in 2015, Zach stepped up to help fill the gap... In the meantime, Zach had met Mike Greutman, who shared his passion for the food business,..

Primary location: Hinckley United States