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Hot Sam Pretzels
Private
Industry Food
Fate Acquired by Mrs. Fields in 1995, merged to its brands
Successor Pretzel Time
Founded 1966
Defunct 1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Headquarters Southfield, Michigan, U.S.
Services Restaurants
Owner Mrs. Fields

Hot Sam Pretzels was an American restaurant chain selling soft pretzels.

Julius Young opened the first outlet at Livonia Mall in a Detroit suburb in Michigan.

In 1971, the owners sold the company to General Host, who then owned the Detroit-based retailer Frank's Nursery & Crafts. General Host sold it again in 1986.

Mrs. Fields acquired the chain in 1995. Mrs. Field's purchased Pretzel Time in 1996 and merged the two chains under the "Pretzel Time" brand. The last 10 locations were converted in 2005.

In popular culture

Hot Sam was recreated in 2018 for an appearance in the mall food court of the Netflix series Stranger Things, which is set in the mid-1980s. The faux mall facades were constructed at Gwinnett Place Mall near Atlanta, Georgia, where the series is filmed.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Hot Sam Pretzel para niños

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