Last week, Amer Wahab, President, COO of Kettleman’s Bagel Co. reported that the chain of restaurants specializing in Montreal-style bagels has several franchise agreements in place for Kingston, Ancaster, Hamilton, Barrie, and downtown Toronto and more planned. Part of its accelerated national franchise program, the goal is to have the first two open within the next twelve to 14 months with the first being in Kingston. Introduced in 1993 in The Glebe neighbourhood in Ottawa, the café restaurants feature the hand-rolled and plank-baked in a wood-burning oven. The restaurants operate in a deli café format, open 24 hours, seven day a week. Along with the fresh made bagels in a variety of flavors, the restaurants also operate in a sandwich shop format offering a selection of deli-style sandwiches, spreads, salads and baked treats, all made fresh with premium ingredients. A catering service for business lunches, social gatherings, sports events, etc. is also offered. Presently there are eight locations and with its accelerated franchise program, Wahab is aiming for 100 locations in four years. The size required varies between 500 to 1200 square feet for the sandwich shop format and 1800 to 2500 square feet for the bakery. Haroon Amadi at Redwater Capital Realty is handling the site selection for the chain and business consultancy StratonHunter Group handles the franchise sales.
Redwater Capital Realty Inc., First Canadian Place, 100 King St West, Suite 5700, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1C7 (Haroon Amadi – 416/948-3453 hamadi@rwcap.ca)
StratonHunter Group – Toronto, Ontario (www.stratonhunter.com)
Kettleman’s Bagel Company, 912 Bank St., Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3W4 (613/567-7100 www.kettlemansbagels.ca)