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]
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:
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]
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References
- [http://www.babcorp.com/default.htm Welcome! ::: BAB, Inc]^
- Sean Martindale. Annual Report (10K - Fiscal 2018) BAB Systems, Inc., 25 February 2019, retrieved 1 May 2019^
- Big Apple Bagels Holds National Bagel Sale^
- BAB Holdings Completes Acquisition of Brewster's Coffee retrieved 2013-05-16^
- Bab Buys East Coast Bagel Firm^
- Crain's Chicago Business^
- Crain's Chicago Business^
- 8-K/A^
- Bakery Online^
- SweetDuet retrieved 2013-05-16^