Bruegger's
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| Subsidiary | |
| Founded | 1983 in Troy, New York |
| Headquarters | Burlington, Vermont, United States |
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Key people
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Nordahl Brue, Founder Michael Dressell, Founder |
| Products | Fast casual/Bakery-café, including several varieties of bagels and muffins, cold sandwiches, salads, and soups |
| Revenue |
 $254.5 million USD (2010) |
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Number of employees
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3,374 full/part time |
| Parent | Groupe Le Duff |
| Website | Brueggers |
Bruegger's Enterprises, Inc., and wholly owned subsidiary Threecaf Brands Canada, Inc., are franchisers and operators of Bruegger's bakery-cafés, Timothy's World Coffee, mmmuffins, and Michel's Baguette.
Bruegger's brand restaurants serve bagels, breads, coffee, specialty drinks, soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps, paninis, desserts, fresh fruit and a large variety of other related items. They produce approximately 70 million bagels each year, and are the holders of the Guinness World Record for producing the world's largest bagel. Bruegger's operates approximately 300 restaurants in 26 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada.
Bruegger's was founded in 1983 by Nordahl Brue and Mike Dressell, with the first store opening in Troy, New York.
The business was bought by Quality Dining (a franchisee) in June 1996 for $142 million in stock, with the founders joining the Quality Dining board. The merge was not a comfortable one; within a short period Brue and Dressell became concerned with the ongoing operations and scope for growth, leading to a critical U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing alleging a lack of strategic direction. Holding a combined 26% stake, Brue and Dressell called for reorganization of Quality Dining, resulting in Bruegger's being resold to Brue and Dressel in October 1997 for $45 million. Brue has since referred to the original sale as part of his "biggest mistake".
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