| Founder | Anne Beiler, Auntie Anne's® founder, began twisting pretzels in 1987 as a way to support her husband Jonas' vision of opening a free family counseling center in their community. In 1988, Anne and Jonas purchased their own stand at a farmer's market in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, where they sold Anne's hand-rolled soft pretzels, marking the birth of Auntie Anne's Pretzels. |
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| 20th Birthday | 2008 commemorates Auntie Anne's 20th Birthday, which the company is officially celebrating on February 2, 2008, with a nationwide Free Pretzel Day and the launch of What a Difference a Family Makes: A New Twist on Giving Back, a grant program that will reward 20 families who give back to their communities with grants up to $20,000. |
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| Products | Auntie Anne's mixes, twists and bakes pretzels to golden brown perfection in full view of customers. Its freshly baked, hand-rolled soft pretzels come in a variety of mouth-watering flavors from the sweet tasting Cinnamon Sugar to the zesty Sour Cream & Onion, all with a pretzel perfect guarantee; if a customer does not love his or her pretzel, Auntie Anne's will replace it with one he or she does. Auntie Anne's also serves other delicious treats, including the easy to eat Original or Cinnamon Sugar Stix, scrumptious Pretzel Dogs and refreshing lemonade. |
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| Global Presence | Headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Auntie Anne's has more than 300 franchisees in 940 locations in 15 countries, which include the United States, England, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. |
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| Annual Sales | System-wide sales for 2007 topped $300 million. |
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| History of Giving | Building on its founder's vision to "give back," Auntie Anne's has been actively involved in Children's Miracle Network, donating $3 million to over 100 affiliated hospitals nationwide. Auntie Anne's has also initiated educational scholarship and home down-payment gift programs for its store and corporate employees. |
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| Nutritional Facts | Fiber: Auntie Anne's Pretzels have a minimum of 2 grams of fiber per serving. |
| | Sodium: For those that need to limit sodium intake, a pretzel with no added salt or a Glazin' Raisin® pretzel without butter has less than 500 mg of sodium per serving. |
| | Grains: The USDA recommends that Americans consume six ounces of grain products per day as part of a nutritious diet. One Auntie Anne's Pretzel provides four ounces from the grain group, two thirds of that daily recommendation (source: USDA and manufacturers' data). |
| | Fat and Trans-Fat: Auntie Anne's Original, Glazin' Raisin, Jalapeño, Sour Cream & Onion and Garlic Pretzels, when served without butter, average just one gram of fat. With butter, Auntie Anne's Original Pretzel has only four grams of fat. And when it comes to trans-fats, Auntie Anne's products contain 0 grams, except for the Pretzel Dog, made with 100% all beef Nathan's Famous® hot dogs that contain 0.5 grams of naturally occurring trans-fat. |