Big Apple Bagels

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]

Big Apple Bagels
Public (OTCQB: BABB)
IndustryFast-casual restaurant
Founded1993 (1993)
HeadquartersDeerfield, Illinois, U.S.
ParentBAB, Inc.
Websitewww.bigapplebagels.com

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 October 1993. 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 fuze self-serve frozen yogurt with My Favorite Muffin gourmet muffins.[10]

References
  1. Welcome! ::: BAB, Inc
  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. Big Apple Bagels Holds National Bagel Sale
  4. BAB Holdings Completes Acquisition of Brewster's Coffee
  5. Bab Buys East Coast Bagel Firm
  6. Crain's Chicago Business
  7. Crain's Chicago Business
  8. 8-K/A
  9. Bakery Online
  10. "SweetDuet". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-05-16.


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