Zucker's Bagels
Bagel shop · 7+ locations · NYC
Zucker's is a founder-owned NYC bagel institution, hand-rolled and kettle-boiled since 2007 — though founder ownership hasn't settled the pay question: roughly 100 workers brought an unresolved class action alleging they were forced to work off the clock.
The Big Picture
Zucker's ownership story is the good kind: founder-majority owned since 2007, no institutional investors, both founders still running the business. The labor record is what pulls the verdict down — roughly 100 workers brought a class action alleging time shaving and off-the-clock work, and a 2024 court decision found the allegations pointed to a class-wide pattern; the case remains unresolved in public records, and a separate federal wage suit naming both founders ended quickly in 2020. Independent ownership doesn't settle the question of how workers are paid — that case will.
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Company data last updated July 2026
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