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'''Newport Creamery''' is a chain of restaurants in Southern [[Massachusetts]] and [[Rhode Island]]. Since its first restaurant opened in 1940, it has been primarily known for ice cream and, later, the "Awful Awful" milkshake. The company is based in [[Middletown, Rhode Island]]. |
'''Newport Creamery''' is a chain of restaurants in Southern [[Massachusetts]] and [[Rhode Island]]. Since its first restaurant opened in 1940, it has been primarily known for ice cream and, later, the "Awful Awful" milkshake. The company is based in [[Middletown, Rhode Island]]. |
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==History== |
== History == |
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Newport Creamery began with Samuel Rector's [[Newport, Rhode Island]] dairy business in 1928.<ref name=nehs>{{cite web |
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Newport Creamery began with Samuel Rector's [[Newport, Rhode Island]] dairy business in 1928.<ref name=nehs>{{cite web|work=New England Historical Society|url=http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/rhode-islands-awful-awful-love-affair/|accessdate=December 9, 2017|title=Rhode Island's Awful Awful Love Affair: A History}}</ref> Rector began as a wholesaler and started home delivery in 1932. In 1940, Rector and his son opened their first restaurant in nearby [[Middletown, Rhode Island|Middletown]], where the company is still headquartered.<ref name=nehs/><ref name="Arnold2004">{{cite book|author=Shannon Jackson Arnold|title=Everybody Loves Ice Cream: The Whole Scoop on America's Favorite Treat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lTg6ZKkWVa8C&pg=PA151|year=2004|publisher=Emmis Books|isbn=978-1-57860-165-3|pages=151–}}</ref><ref name="Ried2012">{{cite book|author=Adam Ried|title=Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes: 100 Thick and Creamy Shakes You Can Make At Home: 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ExnRCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT81|date=25 June 2012|publisher=W. W. Norton|isbn=978-0-393-07890-9|pages=81–}}</ref> For its first 13 years, the restaurant sold only ice cream, adding other food to the menu in 1953.<ref name=ap>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2001/07/27/revered-ice-cream-establishment-finds-itself-on-brink.html|title=Revered Ice Cream Establishment Finds Itself on the Brink|date=July 27, 2001|work=Fox News|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In the 1950s and 1960s, it was franchised, eventually expanding to 33 restaurants.<ref>{{cite book|title=Directory of Chain Restaurant Operators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nkwsAQAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Business Guides, Incorporated}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newportcreamery.com/about|title=newport-creamery|website=newport-creamery}}</ref> |
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| work = New England Historical Society |
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| url = http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/rhode-islands-awful-awful-love-affair/ |
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| accessdate = December 9, 2017 |
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| title = Rhode Island's Awful Awful Love Affair: A History |
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}}</ref> Rector began as a wholesaler and started home delivery in 1932. In 1940, Rector and his son opened their first restaurant in nearby [[Middletown, Rhode Island|Middletown]], where the company is still headquartered.<ref name=nehs /><ref name="Arnold2004">{{cite book |
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| author = Shannon Jackson Arnold |
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| title = Everybody Loves Ice Cream: The Whole Scoop on America's Favorite Treat |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lTg6ZKkWVa8C&pg=PA151 |
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| year = 2004 |
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| publisher = Emmis Books |
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| isbn = 978-1-57860-165-3 |
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| pages = 151– |
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}}</ref><ref name="Ried2012">{{cite book |
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| author = Adam Ried |
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| title = Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes: 100 Thick and Creamy Shakes You Can Make At Home: 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ExnRCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 |
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| date = 25 June 2012 |
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| publisher = W. W. Norton |
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| isbn = 978-0-393-07890-9 |
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| pages = 81– |
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}}</ref> For its first 13 years, the restaurant sold only ice cream, adding other food to the menu in 1953.<ref name=ap>{{cite web |
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| url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/2001/07/27/revered-ice-cream-establishment-finds-itself-on-brink.html |
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| title = Revered Ice Cream Establishment Finds Itself on the Brink |
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| date = July 27, 2001 |
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| work = Fox News |
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| agency = Associated Press |
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}}</ref> In the 1950s and 1960s, it was franchised, eventually expanding to 33 restaurants.<ref>{{cite book |
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| title = Directory of Chain Restaurant Operators |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nkwsAQAAMAAJ |
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| year = 1991 |
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| publisher = Business Guides, Incorporated |
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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| url = https://www.newportcreamery.com/about |
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| title = newport-creamery |
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| website = newport-creamery |
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}}</ref> |
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In the late 1990s, the company ran into financial trouble, losing money, deferring maintenance, and closing 12 of its locations. In 1999 the Rector family sold the chain to Florida businessman, Robert Swain, for $7.6 million. Swain tried to expand the business's geographic coverage into Massachusetts and Connecticut. The expansion was unsuccessful, and was followed by contraction.<ref name=ap/> The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2000.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8658536.html|title=NEWPORT CREAMERY FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY|date=28 June 2001|publisher=}}</ref> In 2001, Jan Companies, a local [[Burger King]] franchisee, purchased the company for only $1.55 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20011207/news/312079958|title=Newport Creamery has new owner|first=RICHARD LEWIS, Associated Press|last=writer |
In the late 1990s, the company ran into financial trouble, losing money, deferring maintenance, and closing 12 of its locations. In 1999 the Rector family sold the chain to Florida businessman, Robert Swain, for $7.6 million. Swain tried to expand the business's geographic coverage into Massachusetts and Connecticut. The expansion was unsuccessful, and was followed by contraction.<ref name=ap /> The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2000.<ref>{{cite journal |
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| url = https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8658536.html |
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| title = NEWPORT CREAMERY FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY |
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| date = 28 June 2001 |
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| publisher = |
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}}</ref> In 2001, Jan Companies, a local [[Burger King]] franchisee, purchased the company for only $1.55 million.<ref>{{cite web |
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| url = http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20011207/news/312079958 |
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| title = Newport Creamery has new owner |
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| first = RICHARD LEWIS, Associated Press |
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| last = writer |
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}}</ref> |
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{{as of|2017}} the company has 12 locations in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web|work=Newport Creamery| |
{{as of|2017}} the company has 12 locations in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web |
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| work = Newport Creamery |
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| title = Newport Creamery Locations |
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| url = https://www.newportcreamery.com/restaurant-locator|access-date=December 9, 2017 |
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}}</ref> |
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==Awful Awful== |
== Awful Awful == |
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The chain is known for Awful Awful [[milkshake]]s, made from blended syrups and a proprietary ice milk. The drink started at the New Jersey-based chain, Bond's, in the 1940s. The name comes from a Bond's customer who called it "awful big and awful good".<ref name=nehs/><ref name=globe>{{cite web|work=Boston Globe|title=Friendly's: A Timeline|last=Storrs|first=Francis|url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/08/24/friendly-timeline-plus-scoop-fribble-history/0V27XFAC9SWBKgXOxTMdAM/story.html|date=August 24, 2013}}</ref> In 1948, Bond's licensed it to Newport Creamery and then to Massachusetts-based [[Friendly's]]. The terms of the license mandated the two New England businesses not sell it in New Jersey, leading the expanding Friendly's chain to rebrand it as a "Fribble", and later changing its formula to be more like a traditional milkshake with ice cream instead of ice milk. When Bond's went out of business in the 1970s, Newport Creamery purchased the trademark and continues the serve the original recipe.<ref name=today>{{cite web|work=New England Today|title=Awful Awful |
The chain is known for Awful Awful [[milkshake]]s, made from blended syrups and a proprietary ice milk. The drink started at the New Jersey-based chain, Bond's, in the 1940s. The name comes from a Bond's customer who called it "awful big and awful good".<ref name=nehs /><ref name=globe>{{cite web |
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| work = Boston Globe |
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| title = Friendly's: A Timeline |
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| last = Storrs |
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| first = Francis |
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| url = http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/08/24/friendly-timeline-plus-scoop-fribble-history/0V27XFAC9SWBKgXOxTMdAM/story.html |
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| date = August 24, 2013 |
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}}</ref> In 1948, Bond's licensed it to Newport Creamery and then to Massachusetts-based [[Friendly's]]. The terms of the license mandated the two New England businesses not sell it in New Jersey, leading the expanding Friendly's chain to rebrand it as a "Fribble", and later changing its formula to be more like a traditional milkshake with ice cream instead of ice milk. When Bond's went out of business in the 1970s, Newport Creamery purchased the trademark and continues the serve the original recipe.<ref name=today>{{cite web |
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| work = New England Today |
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| title = Awful Awful – A Classic Recipe, a Modern Favorite |
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| last = Bourgault |
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| first = Bethany |
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| date = July 31, 2017 |
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| url = https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-nostalgia/awful-awful-classic-recipe-modern-favorite/ |
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}}</ref> |
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==References== |
== References == |
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==External links== |
== External links == |
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* [http://www.newportcreamery.com/ Newport Creamery] |
* [http://www.newportcreamery.com/ Newport Creamery] |
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* [http://www.jancompanies.com/ The Jan Companies] |
* [http://www.jancompanies.com/ The Jan Companies] |
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in Barrington, Rhode Island
Newport Creamery is a chain of restaurants in Southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Since its first restaurant opened in 1940, it has been primarily known for ice cream and, later, the "Awful Awful" milkshake. The company is based in Middletown, Rhode Island.
History
Newport Creamery began with Samuel Rector's Newport, Rhode Island dairy business in 1928.[1] Rector began as a wholesaler and started home delivery in 1932. In 1940, Rector and his son opened their first restaurant in nearby Middletown, where the company is still headquartered.[1][2][3] For its first 13 years, the restaurant sold only ice cream, adding other food to the menu in 1953.[4] In the 1950s and 1960s, it was franchised, eventually expanding to 33 restaurants.[5][6]
In the late 1990s, the company ran into financial trouble, losing money, deferring maintenance, and closing 12 of its locations. In 1999 the Rector family sold the chain to Florida businessman, Robert Swain, for $7.6 million. Swain tried to expand the business's geographic coverage into Massachusetts and Connecticut. The expansion was unsuccessful, and was followed by contraction.[4] The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2000.[7] In 2001, Jan Companies, a local Burger King franchisee, purchased the company for only $1.55 million.[8]
As of 2017[update] the company has 12 locations in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts.[9]
Awful Awful
The chain is known for Awful Awful milkshakes, made from blended syrups and a proprietary ice milk. The drink started at the New Jersey-based chain, Bond's, in the 1940s. The name comes from a Bond's customer who called it "awful big and awful good".[1][10] In 1948, Bond's licensed it to Newport Creamery and then to Massachusetts-based Friendly's. The terms of the license mandated the two New England businesses not sell it in New Jersey, leading the expanding Friendly's chain to rebrand it as a "Fribble", and later changing its formula to be more like a traditional milkshake with ice cream instead of ice milk. When Bond's went out of business in the 1970s, Newport Creamery purchased the trademark and continues the serve the original recipe.[11]
References
- ^ a b c "Rhode Island's Awful Awful Love Affair: A History". New England Historical Society. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ Shannon Jackson Arnold (2004). Everybody Loves Ice Cream: The Whole Scoop on America's Favorite Treat. Emmis Books. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-1-57860-165-3.
- ^ Adam Ried (25 June 2012). Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes: 100 Thick and Creamy Shakes You Can Make At Home: 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes. W. W. Norton. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-0-393-07890-9.
- ^ a b "Revered Ice Cream Establishment Finds Itself on the Brink". Fox News. Associated Press. July 27, 2001.
- ^ Directory of Chain Restaurant Operators. Business Guides, Incorporated. 1991.
- ^ "newport-creamery". newport-creamery.
- ^ "NEWPORT CREAMERY FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY". 28 June 2001.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ writer, RICHARD LEWIS, Associated Press. "Newport Creamery has new owner".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Newport Creamery Locations". Newport Creamery. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ Storrs, Francis (August 24, 2013). "Friendly's: A Timeline". Boston Globe.
- ^ Bourgault, Bethany (July 31, 2017). "Awful Awful – A Classic Recipe, a Modern Favorite". New England Today.
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