MANCHESTER, EAST WINDSOR, SOUTH WINDSOR, TOLLAND, AND VERNON, CT…
The food-insecure population in Connecticut has increased by 40 percent since 2020.
In response, Between Rounds Bakery Sandwich Café, the unique bagel shop with five locations in Connecticut, has teamed up with Connecticut Foodshare to help people facing food insecurity.
In an effort to help their neighbors, Between Rounds recently donated proceeds totaling $1,600 from two campaigns – a special breakfast sandwich campaign and a live radio broadcast event encouraging the purchase of bagel certificates – to Connecticut Foodshare.
In the fall of 2025, Between Rounds created a new breakfast sandwich known as “The B.E.C.C.A.”, made with bacon, egg, cheese, Hellmann’s Ancho Chipotle sauce, and avocado on a bagel or croissant, with 50 cents from every BECCA sandwich sold donated to Connecticut Foodshare to help provide food for individuals and families facing food insecurity.
Between Rounds also held a one-day event with Reese On The Radio from WTIC 1080 AM, broadcasting the live show from their Vernon location on January 16th. Throughout the show, guests were encouraged to stop by to meet Reese and purchase half-priced bagel certificates, with all proceeds being donated directly to Connecticut Foodshare.
Expanding & Continuing the Campaign
“We’re committed to supporting our neighbors in need and will continue to support Connecticut Foodshare to help fight hunger in our community,” said Jerry Puiia, co-founder of Between Rounds. “Our BECCA breakfast sandwich has become so popular that we’re going to continue to donate 50 cents from every BECCA sandwich sold, and we’re expanding this promotion to our Garlic Bagel Chips.”
Now, 50 cents from every package of Between Rounds Garlic Bagel Chips will also be donated to Connecticut Foodshare.
Both the Garlic Bagel Chips and the BECCA breakfast sandwich are available at all Between Rounds locations: East Windsor; South Windsor; Vernon; Manchester and Tolland, CT. To view locations, visit betweenroundsbagels.com.
About Connecticut Foodshare
Founded in 1982, Connecticut Foodshare is the food bank serving the people of Connecticut and a member of the Feeding America nationwide network of food banks. Visit their website to learn more, https://www.ctfoodshare.org
Between Rounds
The family-owned Between Rounds has been in business for over three decades and is the brainchild of brothers Jerry and Joseph Puiia, Staten Island, NY natives. Between Rounds has five corporate and franchised bakery café and bagel shop locations in Connecticut and is a wholesale bagel supplier to more than 100 grocery retailers in the state and beyond. Between Rounds has been honored as “2024 Bakery Partner of the Year” by Big Y, one of the largest independently owned supermarket chains in New England.
The Puiia hallmark is manufacturing and selling their own bagels, which sets Between Rounds apart from other cafés. Between Rounds has wholesale bagel partnerships with independent, family-owned and multi-location grocery retailers, innovative dairy delivery services, hospitality groups, and others in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Made from the same family recipe for over 35 years, Between Rounds signature bagels are consistent and meet their wholesale partners’ high-quality standards. All the bagels are locally-produced at Between Rounds state-of-the-art South Windsor, CT headquarters and are delivered fully baked and packaged to their wholesale partners.
For more information about Between Rounds’ unique franchise and wholesale offerings, contact (860) 291-0323 or visit https://betweenroundsbagels.com
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