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Ben's Soft Pretzel to Celebrate Grand Opening of New Bakery in Forest Park

Ben's Soft Pretzels a leader in the soft pretzel market, opening in Forest Park, IL!

WHAT: Ben’s Soft Pretzels (www.benspretzels.com), a leader in the soft pretzel market, offering preservative-free pretzels baked fresh on-site daily, is celebrating the Grand Opening of the new bakery in Forest Park, IL inside Walmart. The Grand Opening will include Free Pretzels being offered to the public.

Ben’s Soft Pretzels is one of the fastest growing quick-serve franchises in the US. There are currently more than 40 Ben’s Soft Pretzels bakery locations throughout Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Florida, with 50 additional pretzel bakeries which will open in 2015, many of which will be located inside Meijer and Walmart Stores.

Ben’s Soft Pretzels was founded by Scott Jones of Middlebury, Brian Krider of

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Goshen, Ben Miller of Shipshewana in Indiana. Ben’s serves an Amish/Dutch inspired soft pretzel and other pretzel products.

WHEN: Grand Opening, Saturday, July 11, 2015, from 11:00AM – 7:00PM

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WHERE: 1300 Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, IL 60130; Ph: (708) 435-4289

WHAT: Free Pretzels (1 per person) from 11:00AM – 7:00PM

MENU: A fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth taste, and often enjoyed with a wide array of gourmet dipping sauces, Ben’s Soft Pretzels are almost 2x the size of other pretzels and feature imported salt from Germany.

In addition to the legendary Jumbo Soft Pretzel, our Buggy Bites offer customers delicious, bite size pretzel perfection. Our Pretzel Stixs feature all of the goodness of a traditional pretzel, in perfect-dipping form. An all-beef frank Pretzel Dog which includes sliced cheese enclosed in a pretzel style bun.

Customers can enjoy any Ben’s Soft Pretzels bakery item with over eleven unique dipping sauces including the famous Amish Sweet Mustard or Homemade Vanilla Icing. Ben’s Soft Pretzels fans often purchase multiple dipping sauces to find out their own favorite flavor combinations or customize by using Bake & Shake seasonings.

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