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		<title><![CDATA[Friendly tests Express fast-casual variant, plans ice-cream-only model for on-site ops]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WILBRAHAM, MASS. -- With a new fast-casual prototype and a new leader at the helm, Friendly Ice Cream Corp. is looking to revitalize the fortunes of its 505-unit Friendly's family-dining chain.  The company, which was acquired in 2007 by Sun Capital Inc. after years of sliding sales and internal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friendly Ice Cream Corporation Names Ned R. Lidvall as President and CEO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WILBRAHAM, Mass. -- Friendly Ice Cream Corporation ("Friendly's") today announced the appointment of Ned R. Lidvall as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.  Mr. Lidvall has more than 30 years of experience in successfully managing and operating leading restaurant companies. Since 1999, he served as President and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Deep-fried Fuel]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's something cooking in a small lab in Chicopee, at the Friendly Ice Cream Corp.'s distribution headquarters. But it's not a recipe for a new sundae or Supermelt. Friendly's has introduced something new from the fryolator - it's creating biofuel from used vegetable oil to help power its fleet of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friendly Ice Cream Corp. taps Zimmerman as agency of record]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_2_42/ai_n24216244]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WILBRAHAM, MASS. -- Friendly Ice Cream Corp. has picked Omnicom Group's Zimmerman Advertising of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as agency of record for its Friendly's Restaurants chain.  Zimmerman, the 15th largest agency in the United States, won the $25 million account after an initial review involving five agencies was whittled...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friendly in sale-lease-back deal.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friendly Ice Cream Corporation is reported to have gone from owner  to renter at its headquarters campus as well as 160 of its restaurants.  Friendly has sold the properties to subsidiaries of Realty Income Corp.,  a California-based company that specializes in buying retail properties  and leasing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friendly in sale-leaseback deal for HQ, 160 branches]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WILBRAHAM, MASS. -- Friendly Ice Cream Corp. reportedly has sold its headquarters campus and 160 Friendly's restaurant locations, but leased them back under longterm contracts, according to published reports.  The deal, said to be worth about $40 million, centered around the sale of Friendly's Wilbraham headquarters to Escondido, Calif.-based...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Age appropriate: Friendly's uses its new interactive campaign to generate buzz among teens and young adults.(marketing)(Friendly Ice Cream Corp.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]    Friendly's is a 72-year-old brand that is loved by young kids  and parents, particularly 25- to 55-year-old women. But among teens and  young adults, it suffers from a "not cool" stigma that many  established brands face.    "One of our...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[An Affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Completes the Acquisition of Friendly Ice Cream Corporation, a Full Service, Casual Family Dining Restaurant]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOCA RATON, Fla. & WILBRAHAM, Mass. -- Sun Capital Partners, Inc. ("Sun Capital"), a leading private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, and Friendly Ice Cream Corporation ("Friendly's") (AMEX:FRN) today announced that one of Sun Capital's affiliates has completed the acquisition of Friendly's.  Under...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friendly tender offer nearly complete.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friendly Ice Cream Corp. has announced that as of August 8, 2007,  holders of about 89.7% of its outstanding 8-3/8% Senior Notes due 2012  had tendered notes and delivered consents in connection with the  company's tender offer and consent solicitation announced on July  26, 2007. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sun Capital offers to pay $337.2m to scoop up Friendly's]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WILBRAHAM, MASS. -- The board of directors of Friendly Ice Cream Corp. agreed June 17 to an acquisition of the company by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc. for $15.50 per share in cash, or about $337.2 million.  Friendly said the offer represents an 8.2-percent premium over the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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