All About Yellow Rocket

The Yellow Rocket Bagel and Coffee Co opened in 2001 bringing the highest quality bagels to Christchurch. Although there are many versions of bagels now available, Yellow Rocket offers the recognised New York style bagel, baked fresh every day.

Due to the popularity of the Yellow Rocket concept and the growing number of discerning bagel and coffee lovers, we have expanded to three great locations and are now offering franchising opportunities.

Our philosophy at Yellow Rocket is to present the finest quality bagels, freshly baked with interesting and extensive flavour options and fillings. Yellow Rocket café’s are vibrant and sophisticated and we offer our own exclusive brand of fresh roasted coffee and an extensive hot and cold drinks menu.

The focus of Yellow Rocket is on high quality freshly baked bagels and healthy food options, with excellent coffee. Served by a friendly and efficient hospitality team.

Yellow Rocket also offers delicious made to order salads, a great range of smoothies, a full breakfast menu, extensive hot and cold drink options and fresh bakery items.

Our Coffee

The coffee served at Yellow Rocket is roasted daily by our own coffee roastery and we use the highest quality Arabica beans. We have well trained and dedicated baristas operating at the cafes, so you can be confident of receiving great espresso coffee when dining at Yellow Rocket. All coffee and food items at Yellow Rocket are available as take-out.

Yellow Rocket coffee is also available to take home for home coffee making, in convenient 200gm bags of beans or ground coffee.

Our Bagels

Yellow Rocket bagels are genuine quality bagels, made by traditional methods and boiled before baking which gives the bagel its unique texture. New York style bagels are dense and chewy inside with a crusty outside. We have an extensive variety of sweet and savoury flavours in our bagel range, some unique to Yellow Rocket.

Our bagels are baked fresh in small batches throughout the day to ensure their freshness and all of our bagel fillings are made to order, so that they are always at the peak of perfection for your personal preference and eating pleasure.

You can also take our delicious Yellow Rocket bagels home in bags of four, six or ten. Bagels are great toasted and can be topped with a vast variety of savoury and sweet options such as; cream cheeses, jams, pestos, hummus, deli meats, avocado, tomatoes, cheeses etc. They are also excellent as sandwiches, can be toasted in a panini press, served as an accompaniment to soup, or as a platter when entertaining. You can eat bagels for breakfast, lunch or anytime that you want to treat yourself to a nutritious light meal.

Franchise Opportunities

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Yellow rocket is now offering franchising opportunities. Yellow Rocket is ideally suited to owner operators who want to be part of a vibrant, fun concept with proven systems and few competitors. The bagel market in New Zealand is still in its infancy and the opportunity to grow with demand is now available with Yellow Rocket.

The Yellow Rocket is a Kiwi interpretation of America’s coffee and bagel bars and is the latest venture of Ian and Deborah Riach who have had 15 years experience in the hospitality industry and have already introduced two new concepts to Christchurch, having been involved with the inception of the Loaded Hog and Coffee Culture.

Specialising in top quality coffee and authentic New York style bagels, Yellow Rocket is a winning combination for the discerning café market. Yellow Rocket has a natural affinity with the corporate market and the tourist sector, but with a growing awareness of the irresistible nature of quality bagels the market is broadening.

The Franchisors own their own coffee roasting company to ensure consistency and quality can be maintained throughout the Franchise.

Yellow Rocket is constantly reviewing its business model to ensure innovation and fresh thinking can be incorporated into the concept ensuring its continued growth. The owners are committed to the success of the café’s and therefore are offering great support and training to the franchisee’s with an emphasis on working in partnership to create a great future for the Yellow Rocket brand.

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