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Edible Arrangements Opens in Wallingford

Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano joined Edible Arrangements CEO Tariq Farid and Governor Dannel P. Malloy for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano (R-North Haven) joined Edible Arrangements CEO Tariq Farid along with Governor Dannel P. Malloy to celebrate a ribbon cutting ceremony at Edible Arrangements’ corporate headquarters at 95 Barnes Road, Wallingford on Wednesday, July 6. The celebration marked the opening of a new retail location that will sell the company’s brand new “Edible To Go” product line including smoothies and frozen yogurt.

From a single store in East Haven in 1999, Edible Arrangements has grown to more than 1,300 stores worldwide and has created opportunities for more than 700 franchisees.

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Photo caption: Gov. Malloy and Edible Arrangements CEO Tariq Farid (center) cut the ribbon for the new Wallingford store. To the left, Tony Rescigno (President of the Great New Haven Chamber of Commerce) and Dee Prior-Nesti (Executive Director of the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce) stand with members of the Farid family. To the right, Sen. Fasano holds the ribbon.

Photo courtesy of the Connecticut General Assembly

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