Banking on Bagels

Zachary Fall and Bryana Yukniewicz are some of the most recent residents of the Platte Valley, having moved here in January. In less than a year, however, the two have found that the best way to a community’s heart is through its stomach.

Zach and Bryana are the couple behind Bagels & Badges, a small business which started earlier this year and rapidly increased its revenue tenfold.

“They’ve exploded pretty quickly,” said Bryana. “We started in March with our first sale to someone from the jail and that month we had, maybe, $200 or $300. Now, we’re averaging almost $3,000 a month.”

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