Paul Thomas

New launch of Philly-flavored soft pretzel brand products. Based on approx 100 year recipe. Focus is to not only succeed selling bakery products, but to very sincerely provide real tangible support to charities that feed the hungry in this world.

In 2020, unfortunately the Philly Pretzel bakery I had grown up with had gone out of business. It became obvious that in order to fulfill the vision, the recipe would need to be mastered. I got mentored by the Philly bakery and began baking pretzels. I decided to launch a plan to evaluate the local market for business viability. I baked my newly mastered soft pretzels and marketed them to my local neighborhood in Queens, NY. It was an opportunity to execute a through proof of concept, get great feedback from fans, and get a real handle on the challenges to truly launch a successful brand with a global vision with positive impact. During summer of 2021, over 10 consecutive Saturdays, sales grew from 50 pretzels/day to over 1500/day...30X growth.

Fed up with the lack of quality soft pretzels in NYC, I decided to bring some from Philly. My associate was a butcher who allowed me to sell them on Saturdays from his shop. The same bakery that made the pretzels I sold as a young teenager was still operating, so the choice was easy. I also added other products, such as cinnamon sticky buns. This is where the name Pauly Pretzels was given to me.

Launched a successful BBQ restaurant (with occasional table-side magicians) in Harleysville, PA. Had exclusive BBQ deal with Philadelphia Eagles 2003 Inaugural Season at Lincoln Financial Field. Unfortunately, family drama at that time did not allow for longevity as planned.

Multi unit restaurant chain on the East coast. I worked at the store in Philadelphia for multiple years during college.

Full kitchen and restaurant training and operations responsibilities. At the time, all managers were responsible for manual preparation of all recipes and ingredients at the busiest store in the region.

Part time catering logistics and food-serving support of a family friends' successful catering business.

Full bakery preparation for retail Bloomingdale bakery department.

Started as dishwasher at 16 yrs old, and matured over a few years into multiple positions from busboy, host, bartender and cook.

Independent contractor who bought wholesale soft pretzels and sold them in the neighborhood.