Friendly Ice Cream 10-K 2006 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the annual report on Form 10-K of Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, George M. Condos, as Chief Executive Officer and President and Principal Executive Officer of the Company, and Paul V. Hoagland, as Executive Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

By:	/s/ GEORGE M. CONDOS
	Name: George M. Condos
	Title: Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: March 6, 2007
By:	/s/ PAUL V. HOAGLAND
	Name: Paul V. Hoagland
	Title: Executive Vice President of
	Administration and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: March 6, 2007