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Hannah's Bretzel is a European inspired fast casual restaurant business started in Chicago in 2005. Hannah's Bretzel specializes mostly in sandwiches made with a variety of unique ingredients on homemade, organic pretzel bread - referred to by the brand as "bretzel bread" ("bretzel" is the German spelling of the word "pretzel.") Hannah's Bretzel also offers a variety of breakfast foods, homemade soups, salads, coffee, tea and espresso drinks as well as a well renown "wall of chocolate" which represents over 40+ brands of chocolate from around the world. The Hannah's Bretzel slogan is "we are uber sandwich makers."

Hannah's Bretzel operates 4 locations in the downtown Chicago Loop area, as well as one location in the River North neighborhood of Chicago's Near North Side.

Concept
The idea for Hannah's Bretzel stemmed off of the belief that Chicago's lunch scene greatly lacked food made with fresh ingredients and healthier options. Hannah's Bretzel was formed to counteract this notion through the presumption that consumers would be willing to pay more money "than a typical sandwich" for an option made with higher quality, organic food and European insipred ingredients. The company also stresses the need to engange in transparency (behavior) in terms of business practices.

Hannah's Bretzel references these organic food options as well as whole grain nutrition and sustainable business practices as three of the company's guiding principles.

Organics: Hannah's Bretzel offers their customers an "organic guarantee" which promises that certain ingridents "are organic 100% of the time." Such ingreidents include all breads, pastries and desserts, sweeteners, coffee and espresso, tea, milk and soy, cream cheese and butter, eggs, tofu, fruit, field greens, turkey and grass fed beef.

Whole grain nutrition: Hannah's Bretzel also stresses the importance of whole grain vs. multi grain bread as a component of their business citing that the health benefits of including regular whole grains in one's diet are often overlooked. As a result, the restaurant offers a whole-grain bread alternative to the traditioanl "bretzel" style bread.

Sustainability: Sustainability and green business practices are also a staple of the Hannah's Bretzel brand. Biodegradable packaging was one of the first "green" aspects adopted by the brand. Since inception, Hannah's Bretzel has worked toward ensuring 95% of the businesse's packaging is 100% biodegradable. The company also works hard to engage in composting of restaurant waste, sourcing solar energy and wind energy for usage in stores, and using bicycles and low-emission vehicles for delivery and transportation needs.