10/06/2026
Good Day Carmel attended the grad opening of the newly opened Friendly Market Convience store in Westfield !!
Business partners and brothers Jesse Mann and Soni Mann cut the ribbon on their new Friendly Market convenience store Oct. 2, alongside Westfield Chamber of Commerce officials and Westfield City Council members.
Headquartered in Lafayette, the Friendly Market is a family-owned chain of convenience stores that started in 2006. After finishing high school in California on a foreign exchange program, the Mann brothers came to Indiana and started working at a convenience store in the City of Marion. They eventually bought the business and in 2013 formed Mann Brothers Holdings LLC.
Now, the siblings operate 25 Friendly Market stores. As they opened their first Westfield store at the corner of Wheeler Road and 181st Street, Jesse Mann said he and his brother have been expanding across Hamilton County.
Friendly Market recently opened a store in Noblesville at Ind. 38 and Little Chicago Road, Jesse said, adding that he and his brother are working to open a store in Zionsville, near Holliday Farms.
The Mann Brothers and whole team of Westfield Friendly Market have a special message for the Westfield community:
What a welcome. On Oct. 2, more than 300 of you came out to celebrate the grand opening of Westfield Friendly Market, and we are still smiling. We knew Westfield was a special place, but the warmth you showed us went beyond anything we imagined.
Thank you for shooting hoops with us, cheering each other on at mini putt-putt, and filling the raffle bins for the bike and $400 in gift cards. Watching families, neighbors and new friends spend the afternoon together is exactly why we wanted to be part of this town.
Because you showed up for us, we wanted to show up for you. We donated $2,500 to Student Impact, which supports students in grades 6–12 with after-school programs, a hot meal, college prep and mentoring. We can't think of a better way to invest in Westfield's future.
We also owe a big thank-you to the Westfield Chamber of Commerce for welcoming us so warmly, and to our vendor partners Hackney, Utz, Monster and Hunt Brothers Pizza for helping make the day possible. And to our new team: thank you for the hard work and the smiles you brought to every guest.
This was just the beginning. We're proud to be your neighbors, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
With gratitude,
Westfield Friendly Market