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Cold Stone's Mass. Push

BOSTON-Cold Stone Creamery is looking for locations with high evening traffic. Chain has 400 new US stores planned for next year.

By Ian Ritter | Updated on October 14, 2004

BOSTON-Cold Stone Creamery plans to open 50 to 60 new units in Massachusetts over the next three to five years. The Boston area was one of the last major metropolitan areas for the ice cream chain to open, and the company now has six locations in the state.

Scottsdale, AZ-based Cold Stone is looking for stores in all types of retail real estate, from open-air centers to malls, says Meredith Bryan, the company’s area developer. Any type of center is sufficient as long as it still has high traffic from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Cold Stone looks for vacant spaces next to movie theaters and restaurants.

It took until last February for a Cold Stone to open in the state, though the company’s first franchise was awarded in 1995. “We’re just catching up to the rest of the company,” Bryan says. “We don’t take on territory until we’re ready for the infrastructure.” Nationwide and in the Caribbean, there are about 825 Cold Stones.

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