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Friendlyâs, which has just over a 2 percent share of the ice cream market nationwide, will now go head-to-head with rival brands such as Breyers, Edyâs, and Turkey Hill that dominate supermarket sales, according to SymphonyIRI Group, a Chicago market research firm.
SOMERS, Conn. -- How much does Friendly's co-founder S. Prestley Blake like the Dean Foods Co. bid to purchase Friendly's ice cream manufacturing and retail distribution business? Blake, now 101 years of age, bought 100,000 shares of Dean Foods stock Tuesday, hours after the deal was made public.