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Tasty Franchise Opportunity Unexpectedly Opens-up

The Baguette Express Master Franchise for North East England has unexpectedly come onto the market due to the owners family commitments.

It is currently run by two brothers who have been forced to step back into a family business at short notice. Owner Azeem Arshad stated “we have loved building the brand in the north east from the ground up to where it is today, however due to a change in our fathers personal circumstances we are having to look for someone to take over from us. We have won many awards for our work, so are dedicated to making sure the right person takes over from us as we would like to see the brand excel further”.

The master franchise involves four stores within the Newcastle, Gateshead and Washington Area. One of these is a profitable company-owned store and the other three are franchisees. A further two territories are due to open as soon as suitable premises are found. There is potential for up to 50 stores in this region which also includes Carlisle and Gretna, using the various business models Baguette Express has developed including kiosk, concession and retail models within busy shopping centres, high streets, business parks, bus stations and so forth.

Baguette Express (www.baguette-express.co.uk) is an award-winning franchise success story with more than 50 outlets throughout the UK providing fresh, healthy, high quality baguettes, sandwiches, paninis, salad boxes, baked potatoes and more, in prime town centre locations catering for the breakfast, morning coffee, lunch and early evening trade.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Michael Donaldson .