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new product success stories

Stuffed Bagel Bites
Bantam Bagels' newest products are catching on quickly as the
latest successful hybrid pastries in the industry. Pie-ﬂavored mini
bagels were a huge hit as a holiday snack for many in New York
City. While only available in one location, the company's ﬂagship
store on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, they deﬁnitely
made their mark with a wide variety of interesting ﬂavors.
Among those are apple pie, pumpkin pie, and banana cream
pie. The apple pie ﬂavor is on a cinnamon-nutmeg bagel,
stuffed with apple spice cream cheese and sprinkled with
baked apple crisp. The pumpkin pie ﬂavor is on a pumpkin
spice bagel, stuffed with pumpkin pie-spiced cream cheese and
topped with crumbled graham crackers and powdered sugar.
The banana cream ﬂavor is on a cinnamon-nutmeg bagel,
stuffed with banana cream ﬁlling and drizzled with caramel.

PHOTOS BY BANTAM BAGELS

This food mashup might wind up being Bantam Bagels' latest

shop in Manhattan's Bleecker Street, Bantam Bagels have be-

success, following successful releases of cinnamon bun, French

come a New York staple, changing the way New Yorkers enjoy

toast, and cookies and milk-ﬂavored stuffed bagels.

one of their most iconic foods: the bagel. Bursting out of the
city limits, the brand is excited to share their stuffed delights

The New York City-based bagel bakery, whose roots began

with everyone looking for an authentic bite of New York.

in a small retail space in Manhattan's charming West Village,
can now be found in more than 8,000 new points of distribu-

Husband and wife team, Nick and Elyse Oleksak, are the

tion, including Starbucks, QVC, Fred Meyer, and many Kroger

owners and founders of Bantam Bagels, and are recognized

locations. For those seeking home delivery, Bantam Bagels will

entrepreneurs from ABC's Shark Tank. Starting in October 2016,

send products straight to you via their newly refurbished online

boxes of Bantam Bagels are being sold in more than 600 gro-

ordering system, which now includes ﬂat rate shipping any-

cery stores, allowing customers to access an authentic bite of

where in the US.

New York City at home. Bantam Bagels are available in Kroger
stores in Ohio and Michigan, QFC and Fred Meyer in the Paciﬁc

After testing Bantam Bagels in select Starbucks locations, Ban-

Northwest, Safeway stores in California, the Paciﬁc Northwest

tam Bagels last fall announced that the product will be avail-

and Hawaii, and in a number of independent grocery stores in

able in more than 7,000 company-operated Starbucks locations

New York, Connecticut and New England.

across the United States. "Starbucks is committed to supporting local entrepreneurs, and has supported our efforts to grow

"Everyone knows New Yorkers love their bagels and that is a

and develop our brand. We are proud to provide customers

large part of why we decided to start our business here," says

with a unique, quality product in Starbucks locations," says co-

Nick Oleksak. "We knew it would be no small task changing the

owner Elyse Oleksak.

way New Yorkers consumed their beloved bagel, but everyone
knows that if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere,"

Different than any other New York bagel, these bite-sized

adds Elyse. Now tasked with feeding bagel lovers from coast

wonders known as "Bantams," come stuffed with cream cheese

to coast, each and every Bantam Bagel is still made in Brooklyn

already inside, making Bantam Bagels easy to eat on the go

New York, where the concept ﬁrst emerged, and where the key

and perfect for anyone from kids to adults. Since opening their

ingredient (New York City tap water) is plentiful.

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