Ice-Cream Prices To Soar Ice cream prices are to go through the roof this summer due to a shortage of vanilla pods, say experts . Really? They have ice cream experts now? What kind of people spend their time assessing the stats on ice cream ? The morbidly obese? Or maybe there's a secret army of lactose intolerant warriors set out to destroy dairy treats for the rest of the world. Quite frankly, I couldn't give a shit.