Word: einsteins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sacramento several employees at a Tower Books store 20 blocks from the bus station took one look at a newsmagazine cover last Monday and yelled, "Hey, this is Einstein!" That was their name for a wild-haired, ripe-smelling man who, for a few years until 1994, had shown up regularly in the spring and browsed through science books without buying. But a hotel clerk who told the press that Kaczynski had boarded at his establishment at the same times was less sure of himself when talking to investigators. A federal agent in California was heard to sigh, "I sure...
Bagel purveyors love their product for the same reason consumers do--it's tasty yet inexpensive. But they also see the bagel as the next great food platform upon which sandwiches and snacks--and greater profit--can be built. Outfits such as Bruegger's Bagel Bakery, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Chesapeake Bagel Bakery, Manhattan Bagel, Noah's New York Bagels, Big Apple Bagels (Do you detect a theme here?) and the Great American Bagel are rolling into communities that wouldn't know the real thing from a catcher's mitt. Says Jack Grumet, ceo of the Manhattan Bagel Co.: "What happened...
...surprisingly, Starbucks retains a minority interest in Einstein Bros. Launched 13 months ago, Einstein boasts 131 stores and envisions 275 to 300 outlets by year's end. Einstein's majority owner is Boston Chicken, the home-style food chain that raised gobs of money on Wall Street to build 871 stores in three years...
...Einstein is trying to roll past Bruegger's, which has 287 stores and 250 more abuilding. The Burlington, Vermont, company sells more than 3 million bagels a week. CEO Steve Finn plans to have 1,000 stores by 1999. To help fuel that growth, Bruegger's agreed to merge with Quality Dining, a $270 million Indiana restaurant operator...
...begin to happen. The old-school method of bagelmaking is to first boil the dough (high-gluten flour and yeast) for 60 seconds and then bake for about 15 minutes, a process that delivers a soft, chewy interior and a golden brown, crunchy exterior. Some mass producers, such as Einstein, have replaced boiling with 15 seconds of intense steaming, leaving some traditionalists aghast...