Pretzelmaker® Tricks Up Their Bites With New Flavored Pretzel Bites

ATLANTA, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pretzelmaker®, home of the world's best soft pretzel, announced today that their popular Pretzel Bites are now available in a variety of delicious flavors, a tasty treat for any Pretzelmaker® fan and an easy way to share the fun with friends. Adding to their current offerings, Pretzel Bites will now be available in additional hit flavors to include:

• New BBQ Chipotle
• New Sundried Tomato Basil
• Cinnamon Sugar
• Garlic Ranch
• Parmesan

To celebrate the launch of the new Flavored Pretzel Bites, Pretzelmaker® will be allowing customers to Trick Up Their Bites by taste testing two of the new flavors, Sundried Tomato Basil and BBQ Chipotle, on Saturday, May 12th from 2:00 – 5:00 pm, in participating locations nationwide. Pretzelmaker® is managed by GFG Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Franchise Group.

After tasting these new Flavored Pretzel Bites, customers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite flavor on Pretzelmaker®'s Facebook page. Twenty-five lucky fans who vote will have the chance to win $10 Pretzelmaker® gift cards to enjoy more of these scrumptious Flavored Pretzel Bites.

"Pretzelmaker®'s new Flavored Pretzel Bites are a way to provide a wider variety of gourmet flavors, providing our loyal customers with even more ways to enjoy our signature products," said Julie-Ann Reid, brand director for Pretzelmaker®. "We're excited to see which flavor is the Pretzelmaker® fan favorite for this innovative product."

To join in the Pretzelmaker® Pretzel Bites Flavors conversation online, follow our national Twitter handle, @Pretzelmaker, and use the hashtag, #FlavoredPretzelBites. For more information about Pretzel Bites and Pretzelmaker's® full line of menu choices, as well as a way to stay up to date on all of Pretzelmaker's® campaigns, join Pretzelmaker's® exclusive e-mail fan club at www.pretzelmaker.com or become a fan of the brand on Facebook® www.facebook.com/pretzelmaker.

About Pretzelmaker® www.pretzelmaker.com
Since 1991, Pretzelmaker has specialized in serving fresh baked, hand-rolled soft pretzel products, dipping sauces and beverages. Long recognized as an innovator in their industry, the brand is credited with inventing the popular Pretzel Dog, Mini Pretzel Dogs, the portable Pretzel Bites, and the new portable Flavored Pretzel Bites. Following integration in 2010, the Pretzelmaker brand now also includes Pretzel Time®. Pretzelmaker is currently the second largest soft pretzel concept in the United States and is also rapidly expanding worldwide with locations in Canada, Guam and Mexico.

About Global Franchise Group, LLC www.globalfranchise.com
Global Franchise Group, LLC is a strategic brand management company with a focus on franchising. The company owns a portfolio of franchise brands that includes four quick service restaurant (QSR) franchise concepts: Great American Cookies®, MaggieMoo's®, Marble Slab Creamery®, Pretzelmaker® as well as two retail franchise concepts: TAF® and Shoebox New York®. The brands are managed by GFG Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Franchise Group, LLC. Global Franchise Group, LLC is an affiliate of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, an independent investment firm, with $5 billion of capital under management and substantial franchise management experience.

SOURCE Pretzelmaker