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Wetzel's Pretzels

American restaurant chain

Wetzel's Pretzels is an American chain of fast-food restaurants, specializing in pretzels and hot dogs. The chain has more than 370 locations across the United States, Canada, Central America, Southeast Asia, and formerly in Finland.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1994Founded1

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Wetzel's Pretzels, Universal CityWalk, California
Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Wetzel's Pretzels is an American chain of fast-food restaurants, specializing in pretzels and hot dogs. The chain has more than 370 locations across the United States, Canada, Central America, Southeast Asia, and formerly in Finland.2

Products and brands

  • pretzel

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1994Founded Founded in Redondo Beach1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$3.7M 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $3.7M in all. PPP loans $3.7M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2020 · PPP loans: $1.7M20202021 · PPP loans: $2.0M2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$2.0M$2.0M
2020$1.7M$1.7M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 7, 2020$1.7M PPP loan (first draw) from Stearns Bank National Association4To WETZEL'S PRETZELS, LLC, Pasadena CA; $1.7M forgiven Jan 8, 2021
  2. Jan 19, 2021$2.0M PPP loan (second draw) from American Lending Center4To WETZEL'S PRETZELS LLC, Pasadena CA; $2.0M forgiven Aug 5, 2021

Sources

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