Bruegger's acquires Triangle Bagels and Bagel Factory
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.