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Big Apple Bagels

Big Apple Bagels

American franchised chain

Big Apple Bagels is an American franchised chain of bakery-cafes based in Deerfield, Illinois. Coffee, along with a variety of other related products are sold. The products are sold as three different brands: Big Apple Bagels, Brewster's Coffee, and My Favorite Muffin.[1]

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Industry recognition

  • 2003 Entrepreneur Magazine "Franchise 500"
  • 2005 Entrepreneur Magazine "Best of the Best" Top Franchises
  • 2010 GI Jobs, "Military Friendly Franchise"
  • 2011 Restaurant Business Magazine "Top Future 50" Franchises

BAB, Inc.

BAB, Inc. (OTCQB: BABB), the parent company of Big Apple Bagels, has 76 franchised and 4 licensed stores.[2] Big Apple Bagels was started by Paul Stolzer in 1985. BAB completed its initial public offering November 27, 1995. BAB, Inc. has been a fundraiser of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundations since 2010.[3]

Products available include sandwiches, soup, salads, bakery products, such as muffins and bagels, coffee, smoothies, frozen yogurt and pizza. There is also a line of breakfast sandwiches.

BAB, Inc. was formed to operate and franchise Big Apple Bagels locations. It expanded with a series of acquisitions:

  • 1996 – Brewster's Coffee[4]
  • 1996 – Strathmore Bagels[5]
  • 1996 – Bagels Unlimited Inc.[6]
  • 1996 – Danville Bagels, Inc.[7]
  • 1997 – My Favorite Muffin[8]
  • 1999 – Jacobs Bros. Bagels[9]

In addition to these acquisitions, in 2012 the company developed the SweetDuet Frozen Yogurt & Gourmet Muffin concept. This concept is meant to fuse self-serve frozen yogurt with My Favorite Muffin gourmet muffins.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    Welcome! ::: BAB, Inc
  2. [2]
    Martindale, Sean (25 February 2019). "Annual Report (10K - Fiscal 2018)" (PDF). BAB Systems, Inc. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. [3]
    Big Apple Bagels Holds National Bagel Sale
  4. [4]
    "BAB Holdings Completes Acquisition of Brewster's Coffee". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  5. [5]
    Bab Buys East Coast Bagel Firm
  6. [6]
    Crain's Chicago Business
  7. [7]
    Crain's Chicago Business
  8. [8]
    8-K/A
  9. [9]
    Bakery Online
  10. [10]
    "SweetDuet". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
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