Friendly’s Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Crunch and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream.

The only thing better than ice cream is FREE ice cream. Friendly Ice Cream Corp. is bringing back its Free Ice Cream Day on June 6. Customers can score a free one-scoop dish or cone of any of Friendly’s 26 ice cream flavors between noon and 5 p.m., at participating restaurants.

Friendly‘s free ice cream promotion debuted last year, when the 505-unit chain gave away more than 300,000 cones. This year, the chain plans to promote the giveaway on the Facebook and Twitter to increase its amount of exposure.

“We want to give away as much ice cream as possible,” said Ned Lidvall, Friendly’s chief executive. “We hope that by getting the word out online, a record-breaking number of people will come in.” Thanks, Friendly’s, for doing your best to be friendly during these recessionary times.

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