Friendly’s is a restaurant chain on the United States’ East Coast. A total of 138 Friendly’s are spread across Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Vermont. In May 2016, Sun Capital sold Friendly’s ice cream manufacturing business and trademark to Dean Foods for USD 155 million.
About Friendly’s in brief
Friendly’s is a restaurant chain on the United States’ East Coast. Friendly’s was founded in 1935 in Springfield, Massachusetts. A total of 138 Friendly’s are spread across Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Vermont. It offers as diner-style cuisine and highlights its 22 ice cream flavors. Many locations offer an ice-cream only take-out window alongside of the table service option. In May 2016, Sun Capital sold Friendly’s ice cream manufacturing business and trademark to Dean Foods for USD 155 million. On April 12, 2012, Friendly’s announced that John M. Maguire had been named chief executive officer of the company.
In November 25, 2014 it was announced that all 14 of the Friendly’s locations in Ohio would be closing. On May 24, 2019, the last remaining restaurant in Rhode Island, its last remaining location in Virginia, closed its last location in Chester, Virginia. On June 20, 2016, Dean Foods announced the acquisition of Friendly’s Ice Cream for USD155 million. The company had filed bankruptcy protection for Chapter 11 in October 2011 and closed 63 stores in October 2012. In early 2018, Friendly’s opened a new ‘prototype’ restaurant at the Apex Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts to test delivery, catering, online ordering and a revised menu.
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