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.Welcome! ::: BAB, Inc
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. (), the parent company of Big Apple Bagels, has 76 franchised and 4 licensed stores. 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.Big Apple Bagels Holds National Bagel Sale
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 1996 – Strathmore BagelsBab Buys East Coast Bagel Firm 1996 – Bagels Unlimited Inc.Crain's Chicago Business 1996 – Danville Bagels, Inc.Crain's Chicago Business 1997 – My Favorite Muffin8-K/A 1999 – Jacobs Bros. BagelsBakery Online
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.
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External links Big Apple Bagels BAB, Inc. Yahoo! Finance; BABB.OB