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The nation s first retail ice cream franchise, Carvel produces a variety of ice cream and other novelty foods. Its products include ice cream cups and cones, sundaes, fruit smoothies, milkshakes and ice cream sandwiches. They are available at the more than 500 company-run stores throughout the United States, as well as nearly 8,000 retailers, including Food Lion, Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, Von s and Winn Dixie. The company s products have been featured in television shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond, The Sopranos, The Simpsons and The Family Guy. Its ice cream was also used to achieve the Guinness World Record for the largest ice cream scoop pyramid and the largest ice cream cake. Carvel was founded in the early 1930s by Greek immigrant Tom Carvel. It has headquarters in Rocky Hill, Conn.

Hooters of America is the operator and franchiser of more than 445 Hooters restaurant locations in 43 of the United States. It also has many international locations, including Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, England, Mexico, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and Venezuela. The company uses television ads, its own Hooters Magazine and Hooters Girl billboards to advertise its restaurants. Hooters Girls are the cornerstone of the Hooters concept and as part of their job, these all-American cheerleaders make promotional and charitable appearances in their respective communities. The Hooters Community Endowment Fund raises money for various local and national charities, such as the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Special Olympics, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Established in 1983, Hooters of America has headquarters in Atlanta, Ga.