NY BAGEL CAFÉ Franchise Graveyard

NY Bagel Café franchise sellers Joe Smith & Dennis Mason, apparently tell prospective franchisees that the first NY Bagel franchise opened in 2012 and the chain grew to 14 franchises by 2014 with zero failures. Sadly, the NY Bagel Café Franchise Graveyard tells a MUCH different story.

(UnhappyFranchisee.Com) The NY Bagel Café franchise opportunity sounds too good to be true:

Just pay a $17,500 (sometimes $29,500) franchise fee and you could get in on the ground floor of a fresh new franchise concept with zero franchise failures.

Don’t worry… If the franchisor fails to get you financing for the $112,500 – $194,500 investment, they promise to give you your franchise fee back.

Best yet… their failure-free track record & practically risk-free deal is documented in an official looking document called their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).

Only one problem:  None of it is true.

UnhappyFranchisee.Com has identified  30 NY Bagel franchise locations that have opened – and closed.  Several have failed and been sold to new owners – only to fail again.

Behold the NY Bagel Café franchise graveyard.  These are pictures of actual NY Bagel Cafe locations that we found on the Internet

Those we couldn’t find pictures for are marked with an asterisk (CLOSED*).

NY BAGEL CAFÉ Franchise Graveyard

Tracy, CA – Closed 2014	Aurora, CO – Closed 2012	Newark, DE (Capitol Tr.)Closed 2013	Newark, DE (Churchm)Closed 2012, 2013**
Doral, FL – Closed  Franchisee:  Ervin Cruz	Singer Island, FL Closed 2012 Reopened	Coeur d’Alene, ID – Closed 2013	Houma, LA – OPEN Franchisees: Ohlmeyer, Hebert
Brick, NJ – Closed 2013	Cherry Hill, NJ -Closed 2013	Jackson, NJ – Closed 2014	Jersey City, NJ – OPEN Franchisee: Patel
Livingston, NJ – Closed 2012	Middletown, NJ – OPEN Franchisees: John & Debra Caristi	Newark, NJ  – Closed 2013	New Brunswick, NJ –  Closed 2011
Parsippany, NJ –  Closed 2011	River Vale, NJ – Closed 2015, resold 2X	Rockaway, NJ – Closed 2013	Roselle, NJ – Closed 2012
Waldwick, NJ – Closed 2012	Lagrangeville, NY – Closed 2009	Newburgh, NY – OPEN Company store	Washingtonville, NY Closed 2011
Cary, NC – Closed 2013	Morrisville, NC – Closed 2013	Wesley Chapel, NC – Closed 2013	Fairless Hills, PA –  Closed 2012
Glen Mills, PA –  Closed 2011/2012	Lititz, PA – Closed 2013	Philadelphia, PA –  Closed 2013	West Chester, PA –  Closed 2012
Franklin, TN –  Closed 2013	El Paso, TX – Closed 2013	Huntington, WV -Closed 2013	Illegally sold franchise: Ocean City, MD – Open Opened July, 2015 Franchisee: Robyn Fox (?)
	* Actual location picture not available	** Believed to have closed & been resold once or more	Updated 7/9/15

 

Disclaimer:  We have pieced together the NY Bagel Franchise Graveyard and the list of NY Bagel closed locations from public documents, Internet searches and archived versions of the company webpage.  As we have had to source this information from a variety of sources with no help from NY Bagel Café (they refuse to respond), so some of the dates or other details might be incorrect.

 

NY Bagel Café Franchise: Buyer Beware

If you are considering investing in a NY Bagel Café franchise, read all of our posts listed below and do your own research.

Ask Joe Smith & Dennis Mason to explain the many closed stores.  Ask why their ads promise 100% financing but franchisees claim they only receive a list of sketchy lenders that they must contact.

Is NY Bagel Café franchise a scam?  It’s our opinion that after achieving a 90% failure, Joe Smith and Dennis Mason  came to realize that the NY Bagel Café franchise concept is simply not a viable business model.

We believe that they now focus their energy on collecting up-front franchise fees through any means possible, and reneging on their promise to either provide funding or return the up-front franchise fees.  (See Joe Smith, Dennis Mason & NY Bagel Café Franchise Exposed: 10 Things You Should Know )

Before you buy any franchise, do your homework and make an informed decision.

Joe Smith & Dennis Mason’s response to these allegations:  None yet received.

Also read:

NY BAGEL CAFÉ Franchise: How Many Have Closed? [UPDATED]

Joe Smith, Dennis Mason & NY Bagel Café Franchise Exposed: 10 Things You Should Know

NY BAGEL CAFÉ & DELI Franchise Complaints

DENNIS MASON Franchise Complaints

Is NY BAGEL CAFÉ Ocean City MD an Illegal Franchise?

Is NY BAGEL CAFÉ Violating Multiple State Franchise Laws?

NY BAGEL CAFE Kicked Off Franchise Sites for Deceptive Ads

NEW YORK BAGEL ENTERPRISES INC. Franchisor’s Corporate Status Revoked

NY BAGEL CAFÉ Franchise a Scam? MA Woman Says Yes

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH NY BAGEL FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY, JOE SMITH OR DENNIS MASON?

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