Bagels With Deli

What Bagels With Deli does

Bagels With Deli is a privately held, founder-owned fast-casual restaurant company founded in 1998, originally launched as Blooms Kosher Catering in Detroit, Michigan. The company has relocated its operational base to South Florida and currently operates 4-5 locations across Delray Beach (two sites), Boca Raton, and Palm Beach Gardens. Founder Robert Bloom remains associated with the business. Operations center on scratch-made bagels and deli items produced daily starting at 2 AM, with the company emphasizing recipe authenticity developed since the original founding.

The business serves retail consumers through dine-in, takeout, third-party delivery platforms, and a marketplace retail packaged-goods line, and offers catering services that retain the operational DNA of its original Blooms Kosher Catering identity. Geographic expansion has accelerated: a West Delray Beach location opened in February 2023, followed by new locations and an expansion in 2025 (Boca Raton and East Delray in September 2025, and Palm Beach Gardens in November 2025). The company has earned multiple Readers' Choice Awards in both 2023 and 2024, indicating sustained local brand recognition in its core South Florida markets.

The reported employee count of 6 is anomalously low for a 4-5 unit restaurant operator and likely reflects only corporate or management headcount rather than total hourly store labor. No AI/technology stack is described, no funding rounds are disclosed, and no revenue figures are publicly available. The company is uninvested private, founder-controlled, and dependent on cash-flow-financed organic expansion.

Name

Bagels With Deli

Legal name

Bagels With Deli

Website

https://bagelswithdeli.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bagels With Deli is a privately held, founder-owned fast-casual chain operating 4-5 South Florida locations, serving scratch-made bagels, deli items, catering, and marketplace retail products to local consumers and event clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fast Casual Restaurant / Bagel Shop

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Retail Bakeries (311811)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

Delis & Sandwich Specialty Stores (CRAHAGAF)

Keywords

• Bagel shop
• Deli sandwiches
• Fast casual dining
• Event catering
• Scratch-made bakery

Headquarters

HQ city

Delray Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-In and Takeout Sales: Revenue from customers dining in or taking out at five South Florida locations. Sales of bagels, sandwiches, wraps, salads, and pastries.
2. Third-Party Delivery: Online ordering through UberEats, DoorDash, and GrubHub platforms with customers ordering for delivery.
3. Catering Services: Full-service catering for corporate meetings, events, and special occasions including breakfast buffets, sandwich platters, smoked fish platters, and salad selections. Orders placed by phone.
4. Marketplace Retail: Retail sales of house-made salads, smoked fish, deli meats, spreads, and cheeses by the half-pound for take-home consumption.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bagels With Deli operates fast-casual restaurant storefronts in South Florida that sell scratch-made bagels, breakfast items (egg sandwiches, omelettes, pancakes, French toast, smoked fish platters), and lunch items (deli sandwiches, wraps, salads, paninis, burgers). The company also runs a retail Marketplace selling house-made salads, smoked fish, deli meats, spreads, and cheeses by the half-pound, and offers full-service catering platters for corporate and private events.

Product overview

Bagels With Deli is a fast-casual restaurant chain operating multiple South Florida locations since 1998, originally founded in Detroit, Michigan under Blooms Kosher Catering. The company offers a unified scratch-made food service operation consisting of four integrated offerings: a Breakfast Menu (fresh-baked bagels, egg sandwiches, omelettes, and smoked fish platters), a Lunch Menu (wraps, salads, deli sandwiches, paninis, and burgers), a Marketplace (retail house-made salads, smoked fish, and deli items sold by weight), and Catering Services (full-service event catering with platters). The core differentiator is that all menu items are scratch-made daily starting at 2 AM, with signature items including house-roasted corned beef, pastrami, and roast beef.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Breakfast Menu Morning menu featuring scratch-made bagels baked fresh daily starting at 2 AM, egg sandwiches, omelettes, smoked fish platters, pancakes, French toast, and parfaits, sold to walk-in customers and via delivery.
• Lunch Menu Midday menu offering wraps, create-your-own salad bowls, power bowls, deli sandwiches, specialty sandwiches, paninis, prime burgers, and soups, featuring customizable protein and topping add-ons.
• Marketplace (House-Made Deli Retail) Retail section selling house-made salads, smoked fish, deli meats, spreads, and cheeses priced by the half-pound for take-home consumption, including sliced nova, white meat tuna, chicken salads, and multiple cream cheese flavors.
• Catering Services Full-service catering for corporate meetings, events, and special occasions offering breakfast platters, party platters, smoked fish platters, salad platters, sweet platters, and beverages, with a 10-person minimum and 24-hour notice requirement, ordered by phone.
• Online Ordering (Pickup and Delivery) Proprietary Brygid-branded online ordering portal that routes pickup orders directly to the storefront and re-routes delivery orders to UberEats, DoorDash, or GrubHub for last-mile fulfillment.
• Gift Cards Digital gift cards sold through the Toast Tab platform, redeemable at any Bagels With Deli location.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 8,000 readers and 50,000 votes in Boca Raton Observer Readers' Choice Awards
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UberEatscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party delivery platform partner enabling food delivery to customers. Orders are routed through UberEats for delivery service from all locations.
• DoorDashcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party delivery platform partner enabling food delivery to customers. Orders are routed through DoorDash for delivery service from all locations.
• GrubHubcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party delivery platform partner enabling food delivery to customers. Orders are routed through GrubHub for delivery service from all locations.
• Manhas DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design firm that developed the West Delray location with modern and inviting environment featuring cozy booths and tropical outdoor patio seating.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• First Watch: Daytime breakfast/brunch/lunch chain with strong Florida presence and scratch-made positioning. Overlaps with Bagels With Deli on breakfast daypart, scratch-made differentiator, and affluent South Florida consumer, though it is a broader brunch concept rather than a bagel/deli specialist.
• Jersey Mike's Subs: National fast-casual submarine sandwich chain with thousands of locations. Competes with Bagels With Deli for lunch-daypart sandwich occasions in South Florida, though focuses on sub sandwiches rather than bagel/deli format.
• Panera Bread: National fast-casual chain specializing in bakery-cafe format with soups, salads, sandwiches, and breakfast items. Competes for breakfast/lunch occasion and scratch-positioning with Bagels With Deli, and operates nearby South Florida locations; however, Panera is a broader concept with a national footprint rather than a deli specialist.

Direct peers

• Katz's Delicatessen: Iconic New York Jewish-style deli known for hand-carved pastrami, corned beef, and traditional deli sandwiches. Highly comparable to Bagels With Deli's heirloom-recipe scratch-made deli positioning and signature meat offerings, though operates as a single landmark location rather than a multi-unit chain.
• Bruegger's Bagels: National bagel chain offering bagels, breakfast sandwiches, and deli-style menu items in a counter-service format. Directly comparable to Bagels With Deli on core product (boiled-and-baked bagels), target daypart (breakfast/lunch), and customer experience, though with a much broader geographic footprint.
• Einstein Bros Bagels: Largest U.S. bagel chain with hundreds of company-owned and franchised locations. Closest direct competitor to Bagels With Deli in product category (bagels, breakfast sandwiches, deli-style sandwiches), customer base (breakfast/lunch consumers), and quick-service counter format, though operating at far greater scale.
• Bagel Boyz: South Florida bagel and deli chain with multiple locations in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Closest geographic competitor to Bagels With Deli, with comparable bagel/deli/breakfast menu and counter-service format serving the same South Florida customer base.

Emerging players

• Honey Dew Donuts: Regional breakfast/coffee chain with a New England and Southeast U.S. presence. Comparable in breakfast daypart focus, counter-service format, and morning traffic model to Bagels With Deli, though centers on donuts/coffee rather than bagels/deli.

Regional players

• Fresh Kitchen: Florida-based fast-casual bowl/salad concept with multiple Tampa/Orlando/South Florida locations. Overlaps with Bagels With Deli's lunch daypart and create-your-own salad menu, and operates in the same Florida market, though focuses on grain bowls rather than bagels/deli sandwiches.
• TooJay's Deli: Florida-based Jewish-style deli chain with multiple locations across the state. Direct menu overlap with Bagels With Deli (corned beef, pastrami, deli sandwiches, breakfast platters) and shared Florida market presence, making it the most relevant in-market competitor on traditional deli fare.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bagels-with-deli
• Instagraminstagram.com/bagelswithdeli

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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