Has BAB, Inc. ever offered a franchise business before opening Big Apple Bagels?
Big_Apple_Bagels Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
BAB, Inc. has never offered a franchise business or conducted a business of the type to be operated by you. BAB Operations, Inc. has never offered franchises in this line of business. BAB, BAB, Inc., and BAB Operations, Inc. have never offered franchises in other lines of business.
BAB has never operated a business of the type to be operated by you or in any other line of business. BAB has offered Big Apple Bagels franchises since March 30, 1993 and My Favorite Muffin franchises since 1998. Until September of 2018, BAB offered both franchise brands under one franchise disclosure document. In that disclosure document Big Apple Bagels franchisees and My Favorite Muffin franchisees were collectively referred to as "BAB/MFM Franchisees." BAB/MFM Franchisees offered bagels, cream cheese spreads, muffins, and coffee primarily through retail distribution, under the trademarks "Big Apple Bagels," "My Favorite Muffin," and "Brewster's." Starting in September of 2018, BAB discontinued offering the My Favorite Muffin brand under the franchise disclosure document that covered both franchise brands. Instead, BAB created a separate franchise disclosure document for the two types of My Favorite Muffin Stores, which are "My Favorite Muffin Gourmet Muffin Bakery" and "My Favorite Muffin Your All Day Bakery Cafe." As of November 30, 2024, our last fiscal year-end, there were 12 My Favorite Muffin franchises operating. BAB offered SweetDuet Frozen Yogurt & Gourmet Muffins (under a separate disclosure document) beginning in May 2012. BAB did not sell any stand-alone SweetDuet franchises. In December of 2014 BAB discontinued offering the stand-alone SweetDuet Frozen Yogurt & Gourmet Muffins concept and instead offered SweetDuet as a Dual-Concept. Beginning in January of 2016, BAB no longer offered the SweetDuet frozen yogurt Dual-Concept for BAGELS Stores, but allows franchisees to sell SweetDuet frozen yogurt if they agree to equip their BAGELS Stores to accommodate those additional products. As of the issuance date of this disclosure document, there are no is 1 BAGELS Store that sell SweetDuet branded frozen yogurt products.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR, AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATE (FDD pages 10–15)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Big Apple Bagels Franchise Disclosure Document, BAB, Inc. has not previously offered a franchise business of the same type that a franchisee would operate. However, BAB has offered Big Apple Bagels franchises since March 30, 1993, and My Favorite Muffin franchises since 1998. Until September 2018, both franchise brands were offered under a single franchise disclosure document, where franchisees were collectively referred to as "BAB/MFM Franchisees," offering bagels, cream cheese spreads, muffins, and coffee under the trademarks "Big Apple Bagels," "My Favorite Muffin," and "Brewster's."
In September 2018, Big Apple Bagels discontinued offering the My Favorite Muffin brand under the joint franchise disclosure document and created a separate franchise disclosure document for two types of My Favorite Muffin Stores: "My Favorite Muffin Gourmet Muffin Bakery" and "My Favorite Muffin Your All Day Bakery Cafe." As of November 30, 2024, there were 12 My Favorite Muffin franchises operating. Big Apple Bagels also offered SweetDuet Frozen Yogurt & Gourmet Muffins (under a separate disclosure document) beginning in May 2012, but discontinued offering stand-alone SweetDuet franchises in December 2014, instead offering SweetDuet as a Dual-Concept.
Beginning in January 2016, Big Apple Bagels no longer offered the SweetDuet frozen yogurt Dual-Concept for BAGELS Stores, but allows franchisees to sell SweetDuet frozen yogurt if they agree to equip their BAGELS Stores to accommodate those additional products. As of the issuance date of the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, there is one BAGELS Store that sells SweetDuet branded frozen yogurt products. This indicates that while BAB, Inc. itself had not offered the specific type of franchise before Big Apple Bagels, it has a history of offering and managing other related franchise concepts.