Restaurants & Bars
Friendly's to Close Waterbury Restaurant
The move is part of a mass shuttering that will close 23 locations in the Northeast, including two more in CT.
WATERBURY, CT — Friendly's will be closing its 544 Reidville Drive location, and two more of its Connecticut franchises.
They are part of a mass shuttering that will claim 23 locations throughout the Northeast, which will include restaurants in Danbury and Southbury.
The Wilbraham, MA corporation, which operates 17 ice cream parlors in Connecticut, notified franchisees Monday that it will be closing restaurants where the leases are due for renewal.
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"While this was a tough decision, we are confident it will best position the brand for a bright future," Friendly's CEO George Mitchell wrote in the letter. "Especially difficult is the impact these closures will have on the locations' wonderful employees, who we are working to support with opportunities in other locations or severance payments and other assistance"
The national chain previously filed for bankruptcy in 2011.
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