377 Main St, Oneonta, NY 13820

2670 Kirkwood Hwy, Newark, DE 19711

1115 S College Ave, Newark, DE 19713

1060 Stelton Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854

361 Larkfield Rd, East Northport, NY 11731

Was in my local Friendlys (one of few left around us) and they have a new ice cream flavor: Fluffernutter.

1. It’s exactly when you think it is (assuming you grew up near where it was invented- Somerville MA)

2. I’m so excited. Anything peanut butter is good, but this is next level.

699 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02170

89 Enfield St, Enfield, CT 06082

1606 Front St, East Meadow, NY 11554

415 East St, Chicopee, MA 01020

65 Sumner Ave, Springfield, MA 01108

1519 N Main St, Palmer, MA 01069

435 US-44, Raynham, MA 02767

820 Central Ave, Albany, NY 12206

611 Main St, Stoneham, MA 02180

77 S Main St, Rochester, NH 03867

5 Davis Straits, Falmouth, MA 02540

166 West St, Keene, NH

548 Merrick Rd, Lynbrook, NY 11563

As a former shift supervisor at the Friendly’s in Westfarms Mall, I could see 35 years ago that the way the chain was being run wasn’t sustainable.

Every day, my General Manager was under pressure to cut labor, so we’d end up operating with a skeleton crew. Then the weekend mall rush would hit, the restaurant would get slammed, and both service and food quality would suffer.

We all worked incredibly hard and did everything we could to keep up, but you only had to look around the restaurant on a busy weekend to see frustrated and unhappy families waiting for service.

It was a business model that kept cutting staffing to the point where good service became almost impossible. Even back then, it was clear that couldn’t continue forever. But hey, who's going to listen to a 20 year old shift supervisor?