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The Big Apple Bagels® restaurant concept was developed to delight not only customers, but our franchise owner-operators as well. As a Big Apple Bagels® franchisee, you’ll be able to produce freshly baked Big Apple Bagels® brand bagels, My Favorite Muffin® brand gourmet muffins, a wide assortment of delicious sandwiches and salads, and serve our own Brewster’s® brand of brewed coffee and specialty drinks.

The Big Apple Bagels® menu offers a broad range of lunch options to round out our menu and keep our customers coming back.

Unlike other sandwich concepts, Big Apple Bagels® has a proven breakfast program. With the strength of the Big Apple Bagels®, My Favorite Muffin® and Brewster's® coffee brands your restaurant doubles as a bakery-café. As another example of its multiple identities, the restaurant is not only a retail destination, but also a wholesale distributorship from which your baked-from-scratch bagels and muffins can be sold in bulk to corporate clients, restaurants, convenience stores and other businesses for resale. If you've been to one of our restaurants, you've seen -- and tasted -- what keeps our customers coming back for more: Big freshly baked bagels, made from scratch ... enhanced with varieties of cream cheese spreads, or made into a fresh deli or breakfast sandwich ... served with a cup of one of our gourmet Brewster's® coffees.

MICHAEL W. EVANS

BRIAN EVANS

LESLIE WALTERS

CEO

DIRECTOR OF FRANCHISING

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
& DESIGN

FRANCHISE FEE:
MINIMUM LIQUID CAPITAL:
MINIMUM NET WORTH:
MINIMUM INVESTMENT:
ROYALTY:

$25,000
$100,000
$500,000
$383,000 - $603,000
5%

$852,497

* $852,497 is the average unit volume of the top 25% of all franchised Big Apple Bagels (r) units in operation for the entire calendar year ending November 30, 2023. Of the 12 restaurants in the top 25%, the median volume was $847,444. There is no assurance, however, that you will do as well. See item 19 of the 2024 BAB Systems, Inc. Franchise Disclosure Document.

** For a complete breakdown of the total investment see item 7 of the 2024 BAB Systems, Inc. Franchise Disclosure Document.

$383k - $603k **

( of top 25% ) *

AVERAGE UNIT VOLUME

TOTAL INVESTMENT

ABOUT US

OUR LEADERSHIP

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

WHY BIG APPLE BAGELS

Our success begins with always made-from-scratch, premium baked goods... Bagels, Muffins & More.

Something Big is Always Baking

Since 1993, Big Apple Bagels has grown into a national brand recognized for quality ingredients, unique and original choices, and personalized service. Whether ordering one of our sensational, hot breakfast bagel sandwiches or biting into a delicious choice from our lunch sandwich menu, you will delight in the satisfying taste of quality you can depend on – all the time, every time.

30 Years

Big Apple Bagels works hard to keep operations streamlined and simple so that you, the owner, can focus on what's most important: growing your business and serving your customers.

Clear & Streamlined Operations

A standard Big Apple Bagels restaurant is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can be your own boss and still have time for your family.

Be Home for Dinner

Franchisees can expand beyond dining room sales through catering and wholesale opportunities. Franchisees can also pair our freshly baked bagels and muffins with coffee samples, chocolates, and candies to make gift baskets great for any occasion.

Gifts, Catering, and Wholesale

SOMETHING BIG IS ALWAYS BAKING

GIFTS, CATERING , & WHOLESALE

BE HOME FOR DINNER

CLEAR & STREAMLINED
OPERATIONS

30 YEARS

INSIDE OUR BAKERY

Wake up to fresh at Big Apple Bagels®! Every day, our bagels are baked from scratch - an aroma you can smell the moment you walk into our restaurants. At Big Apple Bagels, "Made-from-scratch" is more than just a slogan. Made from scratch is our business model and as a Franchisee, your competitive advantage. Each morning our restaurants begin the process of producing our large assortment of bagel varieties by the Big Apple Bagels made from scratch way: bags of flour, our exclusive proprietary bagel recipes. Each delicious bagel is hand-crafted and then allowed to rise before going into the oven. On a daily basis Big Apple Bagels restaurants offer a wide range of made from scratch bagels and gourmet muffins that span from traditional favorites to decadent creations.

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OUR PROCESS

OUR PROCESS

MEET OUR FRANCHISEES

"My husband and I have been franchisees since 2000. When we first started, there were very few of this type of concept in our area. Now there is more competition in town, but I love that our customers are loyal to us because we are local owners and are their neighbors. Corporate allows us to retain some of our family-owned style and has recently worked with us on some great refurbishments to our store. Besides the fact that our products are loved by customers, I have found it rewarding that as a local owner I have been able to "give back" to the community and use my position as a business owner to help others through the way I can utilize my store to work with charities. BAB Corporate has always considered community involvement to be a cornerstone of their local marketing philosophy and I have really embraced that."

-- Judy Faulhaber
Big Apple Bagels, Dubuque, Iowa

"I actually purchased my Big Apple Bagels franchise from its previous owner back in 2010. I had been involved with other franchises but I thought that the opportunity was greater with Big Apple Bagels. I learned that the franchise was for sale and I seized the opportunity. I think the bagels and muffins are unsurpassed; first-time customers soon become regulars. Of particular value to me has been the ability to build my business through sales "outside the 4 walls" in the form of wholesaling to other businesses and doing large scale catering orders. I'm proud of the fact that my franchise has been in the top ten for annual sales volume for each of the past 6 years."

-- Alex Bulmer
Big Apple Bagels, Forest Lake, MN

"My wife and I opened our store in 2002. Neither of us had run a food-service business before but we were attracted at the idea of being "our own boss." We are located near a college and therefore many of our customers are students, which makes for a pretty fast-paced environment with some unique needs. We appreciate that with BAB, unlike what is the case with many other national franchises, we are afforded some flexibility with our menu items and our food vendors. They understand that the different store locations each have different types of customer base. Also, I don't feel like we are "a number." The people at BAB Corporate know who I am when I call and I think our interaction is more friendly than one might expect in this type of a relationship."

-- Marc Pennau
Big Apple Bagels, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The BAB Systems, Inc. franchise program is designed to help franchise owners reach their individual growth potential. Whether you are interested in owning one or several BAB Systems, Inc. stores, we'll work with you to determine the growth options that are right for you.

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