The Inspiring Story of Anne Beiler, Founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Our American Stories, before Auntie Anne’s became one of the most popular fast-casual restaurant chains, Anne Beiler was a woman trying to rebuild her life following the loss of her daughter.
But out of her hardship came something unexpected. Starting with a small pretzel shop, she built what would become the world’s largest pretzel franchise. Today, Auntie Anne’s stands alongside the biggest fast-food brands in America, but its story begins with one woman’s decision to move forward and create something truly meaningful.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:14.1 | This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories, |
| 0:18.3 | the show where America is the star and the American people, coming to you |
| 0:22.9 | from the city where the west begins, Fort Worth, Texas. |
| 0:27.1 | Auntie Ann Biler is best known as the founder of Auntie Ann's, the world's largest pretzel |
| 0:32.6 | franchise. |
| 0:33.9 | Here to tell her story, in a talk she gave at Biola University is the pretzel queen herself. |
| 0:39.8 | Annie Biler. |
| 0:40.9 | Let's take a listen. |
| 0:42.7 | I was born a little Amish girl in Leicester County, Pennsylvania, five boys, three girls, one mom, one dad, the old-fashioned way. |
| 0:51.3 | Ten of us. |
| 0:53.8 | We were raised to love God and to love each other. |
| 1:00.1 | My dad said to work hard. |
| 1:02.8 | We hear the line a lot today. Work smarter. |
| 1:05.8 | My dad made me believe if I work hard, I am smart. |
| 1:09.5 | Be kind to each other. |
| 1:10.6 | My mom said every day, little children love |
| 1:13.2 | each other. Do not give each other pain. When one speaks to you in anger, do not answer them again. |
| 1:22.2 | Every day we heard that. I believe that one of the greatest lessons I learned on the farm was to persevere. |
| 1:29.3 | You do what you don't feel like doing. |
| 1:32.3 | You do it anyway. |
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