An iconic brand serving a mouthwatering classic American menu of signature entrees, burgers, sandwiches and hand-crafted, specialty ice cream for over 80 years. Plus, a recently launched menu with a dozen great new items from burgers to melts to pastas to salads along with new ice cream flavors.

Full-service restaurant. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. Dine-in, takeout, pickup and 3rd party delivery. Online ordering also available. In addition to catering, make-your-own sundae kits and family meals. And a new loyalty program. Plus, online ordering.

Also, Friendly’s recently updated their POS system to Revel which has a lot more capabilities such as cloud based, digital, tablets for servers and more.

Friendly’s overall has been built around families and founded upon ice cream. A franchise dedicated to quality in all that they do. Every meal is freshly made offering delicious new dishes and classic comfort foods that can only be found at Friendly's. And to top it all off, they end every delicious meal with incredible homemade ice cream in unlimited shapes, sizes and flavors.

Their vision and mission is "to be the leading casual restaurant/ice cream shoppe and premium retail ice cream brand...known for operations excellence, great food, famous ice cream shoppe desserts, sparkling clean facilities, prompt friendly service and dedicated people...resulting in outstanding customer loyalty and consistent profitable growth.

And since the arrival of new ownership in Jan 2021 by BRIX Holdings LLC, a multi-brand restaurant management/franchising company, the brand has overall posted positive same store sales. Plus, digital mix is up. Also, the ad fee has been reduced to 2.5% to help franchisees combat increasing COGs.

Prime retail space in freestanding with drive-thru in an out lot of a Walmart shopping center along with Taco Bell, Popeyes, Wendy’s, Michaels, Everyone Fitness, Harbor Freight, Nick’s Mini Golf and more. Perfectly situated on busy Coastal Hwy lined with restaurants and retailers. Near Tanger Outlets and several other popular shopping centers. Just minutes from the beaches!

Feel free to stop by the location as a customer first. This is a HIGHLY confidential listing, please DO NOT talk to any of the owners, employees or patrons. If interested, complete the short Contact Form or call the EatZ Broker on the right for more information. Showings by appointment only outside of business hours.

Listed By Nicole Rayborn at EatZ & Associates