H&H Bagels Continues Nationwide Expansion Crossing 70 Franchise Milestone
The iconic New York City brand signs three new franchising groups, accounting for 20 new locations across four markets.
H&H Bagels, the iconic New York City bagel brand, is excited to announce the signing of three additional franchising groups expanding to markets in Miami, Raleigh-Durham, San Diego, and Orange County, bringing their development pipeline to 70 confirmed franchise locations. This will continue the legacy brand’s major nationwide expansion, which began with their first franchise in Boca Raton, Florida (September 2024).
With these newest franchise groups, H&H Bagels will open 20 additional locations – five in Miami, five in Raleigh-Durham/Chapel Hill, five San Diego, and five in Orange County. The news marks an exciting milestone for the brand, which has already confirmed forthcoming openings including: California (Santa Monica, Echo Park), Connecticut (Stamford), Florida (West Palm Beach, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Jacksonville, Delray Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Boynton Beach), Illinois (Chicago), Massachusetts (Boston), Tennessee (Knoxville), Texas (Dallas), Virginia (Northern, Virginia Beach / Norfolk) and Washington D.C.
The franchise group behind the expansion across San Diego and Orange County, California (AKL Bagels, LLC), is led by a team of experienced franchisees, including Kurt Kuyper, who has over 30 years of experience in franchise operations for well-known brands including Krispy Kreme, where he launched over 120 locations in the US and served as the Director of Operations for Krispy Kreme Australia. Taco Bell, Krispy Kreme, El Pollo Loco, and Rita’s Italian Ice, Jimmy Albano, who has over 20 years of experience in franchise management (including serving as majority partner and daily operator for multiple Krispy Kreme locations), Jay Lowder, a fitness industry veteran and founder of an equipment maintenance company, and Stuart Lowder, a well-known film, animation, and visual effects production professional.
The Miami franchise group is led by Dylan Levin. Previously at GoPuff, Levin helped roll out new business models like alcohol delivery. Levin was also an M&A consultant, where he launched his own product during the pandemic, and has invested in several early-stage startups.
“We’re incredibly excited to continue growing H&H with these truly exceptional franchising partners in Miami, Southern California, and North Carolina.” Says Jay Rushin, CEO of H&H Bagels. “With the success of Boca Raton, and Santa Monica on the horizon, we’re looking forward to sharing the New York City bagel experience with more communities nationwide this year.”
Building on the major success of their first franchise in Boca Raton, H&H Bagels is continuing to expand to other cities around the country, with the mission of sharing classic, authentic, New York City bagels with customers around the country. For a full list of upcoming locations, please visit hhbagels.com/contact#locations
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The menu at each location will carry the same known and loved NYC classics, including the Classic Bacon, Egg, and Cheese and theNova Salmon with “The Works”, Classic spread sandwiches are available, including a variety of cream cheese flavors, such as Scallion, Jalapeño, Vegetable, Walnut Raisin, and Strawberry, as well as the classic bagel options customers love including Plain, Everything, Sesame, Cinnamon Raisin, Jalapeño Cheddar, Whole Wheat, Egg, Pumpernickel, and more. Speciality sandwiches are also included on the menu, including the Horseradish Roast Beef made with top-round roast beef, swiss cheese, pickled onion, and horseradish aioli, as well as the Avocado Deluxe including fresh avocado, tomato, cucumbers, everything seeds, and mayo.
H&H Bagels has also built a significant following for their catering boxes, which are beautifully designed to be on display, creatively packaging a variety of bagels with toppings and spreads. Options include the Classic Bagels & Spreads Box and the Nova Salmon Box with “The Works” which includes thinly sliced Nova Scotia Salmon and the classic toppings: tomatoes, onions, capers, and lemons. H&H also offers boxes of pre-made sandwiches for parties of 10 or more, including the Breakfast Sandwich Box filled with a variety of egg sandwiches and Specialty Sandwich Box featuring their lunchtime options.
For more information, visit www.hhbagels.com and follow @hhbagels on Instagram and TikTok.