Big Apple Bagels stores feature a menu with unlimited appeal for all kinds of customers at any time of the day. Stores offer not only their exclusive brand of freshly baked bagels, but also muffins by My Favorite Muffin, gourmet and specialty sandwiches, salads, breakfast sandwiches, specialty drinks and Brewster�s brewed coffees. Bagels can be accompanied with creamy cheese spreads or turned into a deli sandwich. 

Every store has the advantage of being three businesses combined into one by functioning as a retail center, a production facility where bagels are freshly baked from scratch and a wholesale distributorship that sells products in bulk to local businesses and organizations.

Investment Required
The fee for a Big Apple Bagels franchise varies by store type. Fees are as follows: $25,000 for a production store, $15,000 for a satellite store, $10,000 for a kiosk and $5,000 for a cart.

Big Apple Bagels provides the following range of investments required to open your initial franchise. The range assumes that all items are paid for in cash. To the extent that you choose to finance any of these expense items, your front-end investment could be substantially reduced. The following quotes apply to the opening of a production store.

On-Going Expenses
Big Apple Bagels franchisees pay a royalty fee equaling 5% of gross revenues, a marketing fund fee equaling 2% of gross revenues and local advertising fees equaling 2% of gross revenues.

What You Get�Training and Support
Support prior to opening includes assistance with site selection, store design and layout, purchasing coordination and a marketing campaign for the grand opening. The training program for franchisees offers instruction in both in-store and classroom training, marketing techniques, employee management, financial aspects of the business and operational training on-site before the franchisee�s store has opened.

Big Apple Bagels offers continual marketing and promotional support by providing ad slicks that can be used directly in local media, point-of-purchase materials and year-round marketing strategies. Online support includes an e-mail program, which keeps franchisees up-to-date with the latest news and gives them the opportunity to submit feedback, and a secure online resource center with downloads and online sales reporting. Big Apple Bagels has also researched and negotiated the fairest prices for quality products from reliable companies to supply its franchisees.

Territory
Big Apple Bagels does not grant exclusive territories.