Description: cereal, soda, and other important topics
This post was originally published on August 14, 2013. This updated intro serves only to add that the current situation is the bleakest it has ever been. Friendly’s management, local retailers, bulk food distributors – no option exists to move this valuable product from the eastern half of the country to the western half.
This is a tale that almost has it all – sadness, triumph, and betrayal . The one thing it is missing is a victorious ending.
Growing up on Long Island, there were three main places to get ice cream: Carvel, Friendly’s, or some other place that wasn’t Carvel or Friendly’s. Friendly’s eventually rose to the top for me, on the strength of their ice cream rolls, most notably their Jubilee Roll.