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Blake and Curtis founded the Friendly's national restaurant chain in the summer of 1935, during the Great Depression. [3] They worked closely together for 43 years. [3] From making ice cream to scooping ice cream, the brothers shared in the hard work of getting the company off the ground; even their mother chipped in, helping to create the syrup for the coffee flavored ice cream. [3]
Friendly's abruptly closed most of their locations in upstate New York on April 7, 2019. [18] Several locations in New England were also among the closures. [19] Co-founder Curtis Blake died on May 24, 2019, at the age of 102. [20] On August 19, 2019, Friendly's closed its North Providence location, its last in Rhode Island. [3]
Friendly's was founded in 1935 during the Great Depression in Springfield, Massachusetts as an ice-cream parlor selling two scoops for a nickel. By 1960, the company offered 63 flavors of ice cream. They were producing 25 million gallons per year and had moved their headquarters to Wilbraham.
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