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Wed Oct-05-11 09:23 AM
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| 13. And now that they will pay their employees literally nothing you are happy. |
| -Friendly's Files Bankruptcy, Closing 60+ Stores |
OverDone |
Oct-05-11 07:54 AM |
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OMG! We loved the Friendly's Awful Awful shakes in Rhode Island! |
Donnachaidh |
Oct-05-11 08:00 AM |
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The definition of "loss" is what's at fault. |
tcaudilllg |
Oct-05-11 08:54 AM |
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Thinking lately too, I haven't had a sundae for years, I need one |
rabies1 |
Oct-05-11 08:56 AM |
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Newport Creamery |
gaspee |
Oct-05-11 10:56 AM |
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63 out of about 500 |
KamaAina |
Oct-05-11 01:56 PM |
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Key is 'private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners'. When they have to get a certain percentage of |
sinkingfeeling |
Oct-05-11 08:07 AM |
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+1. Bottom line is that the equity firms investors want.... |
Bonhomme Richard |
Oct-05-11 08:18 AM |
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But they're going for a trillion high-fives ... |
meegbear |
Oct-05-11 08:18 AM |
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They're selling it to themselves, and writing off the debt |
bigworld |
Oct-05-11 08:20 AM |
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Who can afford to eat out anyway? nt |
valerief |
Oct-05-11 08:24 AM |
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Sad, but I am sadder about the Bailey's in Boston's downtown shopping district. |
No Elephants |
Oct-05-11 08:29 AM |
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Good riddance |
LiberalEsto |
Oct-05-11 08:33 AM |
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And now that they will pay their employees literally nothing you are happy. |
Renew Deal |
Oct-05-11 09:23 AM |
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Just how do you make an assuption that I'm happy? |
LiberalEsto |
Oct-05-11 01:44 PM |
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Well, you did write "Good riddance." |
CBHagman |
Oct-06-11 09:49 PM |
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Oct-05-11 10:00 AM |
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You are happy that so many people will lose their jobs? |
Beacool |
Oct-05-11 10:20 AM |
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The pay is |
OverDone |
Oct-05-11 11:36 AM |
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I know, it's just not the staff, but also all the vendors that provided them with service. |
Beacool |
Oct-06-11 10:16 AM |
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You're making an assumption |
LiberalEsto |
Oct-05-11 01:42 PM |
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OK, that's fair. |
Beacool |
Oct-06-11 10:15 AM |
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This is karma |
david_vincent |
Oct-05-11 08:38 AM |
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I love Friendly's. |
Renew Deal |
Oct-05-11 09:22 AM |
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My mother used to looooove Friendly's. |
Doremus |
Oct-05-11 09:46 AM |
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Don't want your company to go under after being stripped by vultures? |
Doremus |
Oct-05-11 09:42 AM |
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Also at dailyjobcuts.com: |
mahatmakanejeeves |
Oct-05-11 09:44 AM |
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I heard about it this weekend. |
Beacool |
Oct-05-11 10:14 AM |
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I remember a Friendly's in Southbridge, Massachusetts |
Art_from_Ark |
Oct-07-11 02:58 AM |
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I remember eating at Friend ly's 5 and 6 years ago and |
madlefty |
Oct-05-11 10:22 AM |
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Right on |
OverDone |
Oct-05-11 11:19 AM |
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Mittens is part of this trend |
bongbong |
Oct-05-11 10:37 AM |
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complete list of closing restaurants |
Bombero1956 |
Oct-06-11 06:33 AM |
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Thanks. |
Beacool |
Oct-06-11 10:18 AM |
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End of an era.... |
Marrah_G |
Oct-06-11 08:43 AM |
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Capitalism isn't about competition ... it's about killing the competition --- |
defendandprotect |
Oct-06-11 10:10 AM |
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They need to get back to basics |
Bombero1956 |
Oct-06-11 01:03 PM |
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Sorry to hear this. |
peacefreak |
Oct-06-11 02:02 PM |
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friendly's was my first official paying job... |
Beer Snob-50 |
Oct-07-11 11:03 AM |
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I always felt bad for the employees. They always had to deal with a lot of crap from parents & kids |
E-Z-B |
Oct-07-11 11:30 AM |
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Huh? I thought this already happened in the 1980s? |
Matariki |
Oct-07-11 11:55 AM |
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I remember their watermelon sherbet. |
Joe Bacon |
Oct-07-11 02:50 PM |
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For what Friendly's offered, they did it well, IMO |
tilsammans |
Oct-08-11 01:12 PM |
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