Bruegger's acquires Triangle Bagels and Bagel Factory

Bruegger's acquires Triangle Bagels and Bagel Factory
Tags: Bakery Cafe, Franchising & Growth, Operations Management
February 14, 2008

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bruegger's Enterprises Inc. has announced that it has acquired Triangle Bagels Inc., a franchisee of 14 Bruegger's bakery-cafes in North Carolina, and Bagel Factory Inc., an operator of five bagel bakeries in Philadelphia and its suburbs.

Triangle is being acquired from its owner, Edward Davis, a Bruegger's franchisee, and Bagel Factory from the Becattini family. The five Bagel Factory locations, which offer a wide variety of freshly baked bagels, sandwiches, salads and soups, will complement 18 existing Bruegger's bakery-cafes in Pennsylvania. Triangle's 14 Bruegger's locations are part of Bruegger's 32-store North Carolina footprint.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.