Businessweek

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. engages in the owning, operating, franchising, and licensing bagel specialty restaurants in the United States. As of January 1, 2013, the company had 816 restaurants in 39 states and in the District of Columbia. In January 2013, the company opened an Einstein Bros. franchise in Montana, its 40th state. The company operates primarily under the Einstein Bros. Bagels (Einstein Bros.), Noah’s New York Bagels (Noah’s), and Manhattan Bagel Company (Manhattan Bagel) brands. The company’s restaurants specialize in foods for breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks in a bakery-cafe atmosphere with a neighborhood emphasis. Its concepts span the nation with Einstein Bros. restaurants, Noah’s restaurants in California, and Manhattan Bagel restaurants concentrated in eight states primarily in the Northeast. Einstein Bros. and Noah’s are primarily company-owned or licensed and its Manhattan Bagel restaurants are predominantly franchised. Its licensed units are located primarily in colleges and universities, hospitals, airports and military bases. The company’s product offerings include fresh-baked bagels and other bakery items baked on-site, made-to-order breakfast and lunch sandwiches on various bagels, breads or wraps, gourmet soups and salads, assorted pastries, premium coffees and an assortment of snacks. Suppliers The company's major supplier is Schreiber Foods, Inc. History Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. was founded in 1992.