OUR BACKGROUND
After the initial stand in 1988, the first franchise opened in 1989 in Middletown, Pennsylvania. By 1992 they had 100! They opened the first oversees store in Indonesia in 1995.
In 2003 the brand first came to the UK with the first store in Cheltenham. The Auntie Anne’s Master Franchise was bought by its current owners, Freshly Baked Limited, in 2008. .
In 2005, the original founders, Anne and her husband, sold Auntie Anne’s in order to fully devote themselves to their original vision of opening a family-counselling centre. .
In 2In 2009 the brand celebrated the 1000th store opening and by 2010 Auntie Anne’s joined the Focus Brands portfolio.
In 2018 we celebrated 30 years of Auntie Anne’s with around 1800 stores globally. We celebrated 10 years of our ownership of Auntie Anne’s in the UK and Ireland, by the end of the year we will have 40 sites across the UK and Ireland
Our long and rich history using the franchise model shows we have sustainable business model.