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Facebook's first few days as a public company have been a rocky road. Moving ahead, Mark Zuckerberg would do well to recall the lesson of two other iconoclastic company founders: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. The tale of Ben & Jerry bears a bracing similarity to his own.

The 63 restaurants Friendly's closed on Wednesday resulted in about 1,260 layoffs -- more than 12% of the company's 10,300 person workforce. Everyone from managers to dishwashers were told Tuesday evening that the following day would be their last at Friendly's.

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As food prices continue to rise, many food companies are shrinking packages instead of raising item prices. But don't be fooled: You're definitely paying more for less.

Is Ben & Jerry's ice cream health food? Not exactly, though the images of contented cows and bucolic vistas tend to suggest that. In fact, all that goodness is headed for your waistline. Eat just a half cup (a quarter of the pint) of Americone Dream and you're packing away 270 calories, 15...

Get two small scoops of ice cream plus one mix in for $5 with this Coldstone ice cream coupon, which expires Dec. 26, 2010. The ice cream is served in a cup. Waffle cones cost extra. If you want more than one topping mixed in, that will cost more, too. The ice cream chain is touting its new holiday...

From 5-8 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2010 get a free scoop of ice cream at Coldstone Creamery. The free ice cream is a concoction called "Katie's Creation," named after the little girl who dreamed up this flavor. It includes caramel apple ice cream with chocolate shavings, graham cracker pie crust, and apple...

Ben & Jerry's, once a small Vermont dairy operation known for its all natural ingredients, is stripping the claim "all natural" from its packaging under pressure from consumer advocates who pointed out some components of the ice cream that simply don't exist in nature. Just last month, the...

Ben & Jerry's should stop misleading consumers that its ice cream is "all natural" when it is made using synthetic vanilla, corn syrup and alkalized cocoa -- among other ingredients "not found in nature," the Center for Science in the Public Interest said. At least 48 out of 53 Ben &...

It's hot outside, but the ice cream business is preparing for a blizzard. Upstart Yogubliz' Blizz Frozen Yogurt faces a legal challenge from Dairy Queen that the Blizz name is too close to Dairy Queen's own Blizzard dessert.