Young entrepreneurs & new concepts | Crusty Slices, Puffle Bees and HOTBOXXX

4-2-2025

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Every day we spot fun, new concepts. This week, we spotlight three new concepts in Germany! Crusty Slices in Aachen, Cologne and Frankfurt, is a fun concept that sells croissant dough slices with pizza toppings, sold in pretty boxes. They are growing fast in Germany, and are looking for franchisees. There are also franchise opportunities at Hanover-based HOTBOXXX, where you get your food out of the wall. Unusual though, you can also pull an entire menu out of the vending machines. And, of course, a few Dutch specialities. Puffle Bees is a concept that has been in Berlin since 2021, they too serve hybrids like the croffle (which they thus call the Puffle) and Egg Drops. They will soon open their second branch in Hanover.

We wish all these entrepreneurs and their teams lots of fun and success with their concepts. More information below!

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Crusty Slices | ‘France kisses Italy’ is the motto of this German chain

In German, Crusty Slices calls their product: Croissant Pizzas. Their slices are a combination of croissant and pizza. Instead of pizza dough, however, they use croissant dough, crispy with a buttery soft interior. ‘France kisses Italy’ is how Enes Seker, owner of Crusty Slices, describes the motto of this innovative concept. They also describe it as ‘Gourmet fast food’ on their website. There are four savoury (Mozzarella, tomato and pesto; signature pastrami; tuna mayo wasabi and ‘hot cashew chicken’) and three sweet ‘slices’ on the menu, think biscuit dough with Nutella; hazelnut cream made of hazelnuts from Piedmont; and of course a Dubai special with pistachios. The dough and toppings are prepared on site. All slices are presented colourfully and aesthetically! Besides the slices, they also offer deep-fried corn on the cob and fries. There are currently branches in Aachen, Cologne, Frankfurt and soon in Bremen and Karlsruhe. They are looking for franchisees!

 

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Een bericht gedeeld door Enes Şeker (@enes_seker)

Hotboxxx in Hanover | Dinner from the vending machine

HOTBOXXX Linden is the first branch of this vending machine company, it is located at Limmerstrasse 29 in Hannover. Here you pull all kinds of dishes from the wall, think some Dutch products like Beef croquette, bitterballen and cheese souflee ‘Amsterdam Original Solo’ but also Potato pockets; pizza sticks salami solo; Cordon Bleu; Onion Rings; Narcos Cheesos Solo; Pumpkin Balls Solo; Corn Dogs Solo; Vegan Chcicks Solo and many more dishes. They even have some menus and desserts you can pull from the wall. There are franchise options here too.

 

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Een bericht gedeeld door LEEVE (@leeve.io)

Berlin-based Puffle Bees soon to open in Hanover 

Puffle Bees – Berlin’s first food lab – opened its doors in 2021 for anyone who wants a place to sit back and experience the holiday feeling. They say they bring the flavours of the world and the latest food trends to Berlin. A second branch will soon open in Hannover! The menu at Puffle Bees at BrunnenstraBe 165 in Berlin includes another hybrid product: puffles, a combination of waffles and croissants. In English, these are also called the croffle. They also sell Egg Drops (savoury sandwiches), cakes and all kinds of drinks. Especially those egg drop sandwiches look very tasty! According to the website, they are also open to trends spotted by their ‘bees’! Puffle Bees is open for brunch, lunch and takeaway from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and focused on food trends and hybrid dishes.

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