Einstein Bros. Bagels signs Lubbock franchise deal

Einstein Bros. Bagels signs Lubbock franchise deal
Tags: Bakery Cafe, Franchising & Growth
September 10, 2009

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. has signed a multiunit development agreement with Bluebonnet Hospitality Management to franchise Einstein Bros. Bagels restaurants in and around Lubbock, Texas, within the next three years.

Subodh and Mahesh Patel, brothers and graduates of Lubbock's Texas Tech University, own Bluebonnet Hospitality Management. They are experienced franchise entrepreneurs, owning and operating several hotels in the Lubbock area.

Since late 2007, the company has signed 10 multiunit franchise agreements. The first two franchise locations opened in Jacksonville, Fla., and Rogers, Ark., in 2008 and three more have opened across the country in 2009.