Sibling rivalry tore apart Alan and Hank Lewis, after a failed merger between their two firms, Grand Circle Travel and Vantage Travel. Friendlys co-founders Presley and Curtis Blake squabbled over Presleys attempt to push out a CEO, long after the brothers had sold the chain. The family that owns
Date: Jul 24, 2014
Category: Business
Source: Google
Friendly's shuts 37 more eateries, exits bankruptcy
bankruptcy protection in Delaware in October, saying it was a victim of a difficult economy, high supply costs, and changing customer tastes. Friendlys was founded by Prestley and Curtis Blake, brothers who started a neighborhood ice cream shop in Springfield during the Great Depression in 1935. S
Friendlys was co-founded by brothers Prestley and Curtis Blake, who started a neighborhood ice cream shop in Springfield during the Great Depression in 1935. Over the next several decades, the brothers opened hundreds of restaurants, carving a niche in the market as a family-friendly hangout serv