Rising inflation rates and gas prices aren't making costs for ice cream truck owners so sweet. Kaci Pemberton, owner of Roscoe's Ice Cream, said those trips through the neighborhood are becoming more and more uncommon this summer.

An ice cream van (British) or ice cream truck (North American) is a commercial vehicle that serves as a cold-food specialty food truck or a mobile retail outlet for pre-packaged ice cream, usually during the spring and summer.