Free Pretzels on Friday

Sometimes it pays to be the early bird. 

Take Friday for instance. The Philly Soft Pretzel Factory store in Bensalem is giving away free pretzels all day to celebrate National Pretzel Day. But, if you're one of the first 100 guests in the door of the 1749 Street Rd. location, you will receive a card for one free pretzel each day for the month of May.

So, what do all these extra pretzels mean for the people making them? Perhaps just a little more hustling on Friday, Levittown store Manager Rich Voroscak said. 

"Either way they have to come in at 3 o'clock in the morning," Voroscak said. 

On busy days, like Friday, customer lines "tend to go out the door a little bit," according to Voroscak.

In addition to Bensalem, more than 100 franchised Philly Soft Pretzel Factory pretzel locations will be giving away pretzels on Friday. Click here to find another store.

In all, the company expects to give away between 35,000 and 40,000 pretzels, according to Spokeswoman Carly Levison. It will take approximately 10,000 pounds of flour to make those pretzels, she said.

Last year, the company's franchises gave out a combined 30,000 to 35,000 pretzels, Levison said.