Hungry for a nice chubby bagel? Sean Kelly, an entertaining franchise marketing expert and blogger, recently interviewed Chris Cheek of Brueggers Bagels. Is a bagel franchise in your future?
CHRIS CHEEK, BRUEGGER’S BAGEL’S: At Bruegger’s, we want to provide each franchise candidate with a realistic view of life as a franchise owner BEFORE they join our system. It’s in both our best interests if they enter the franchise relationship with their eyes wide open.
Chris Cheek,
Vice President of Franchise Development
Bruegger’s Franchise Corporation
Concept Name: Bruegger’s
Franchisor Corporation Name: Bruegger’™s Franchise Corporation
Year Founded: 1983
Year Franchised/licensed: 1992
Number of units, company: 177
Number of units, licensed: 97
Initial investment: $300,000 to $550,000
Net worth/Financial Req.: $200,000 per bakery
Priority Markets for Expansion: Continental US and Canada
Website: www.brueggers.com
Contact information for franchise/license program: Chris Cheek- phone: 919-342-6094
Bruegger’s Enterprises, Inc., an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., is a leader in the quick, casual restaurant segment. Bruegger’s
and its GUEST-focused team of employees are dedicated to serving
delicious, healthy food that brings guests back again and again. Famous
for authentic boiled and baked bagels, Bruegger’sbakers lend their expertise to
crafting a variety of other stone-hearth baked breads, such as Ciabatta
and the exclusive Softwich, a softer, square bagel ideal for
sandwiches. In approximately 270 neighborhood bakery-cafes in 22
states, including Alaska, Bruegger’s offers a warm, comfortable setting for guests to enjoy a wholesome meal with family and friends.
FranBest: How do you describe the franchise concept?
CC: Bruegger’s is a fast casual bakery-cafe franchise that offers our franchisees an opportunity to participate in the fastest growing segment of the restaurant franchising segment. Our cafes deliver breakfast and lunch day parts as well as catering opportunities so our franchisees have no late night requirements. We are one of the lowest cost of entry franchise concepts in the entire restaurant category.
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