content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
  
  
           Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) April 3, 2002
  
  
  
                          New World Restaurant Group, Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
  
  
  Delaware                          0-27148                             13-3690261
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  (State or Other                (Commission                      (I.R.S. Employer
  Jurisdiction of                File Number)                       Identification
  Incorporation)                                                              No.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
                               246 Industrial Way West
                            Eatontown, New Jersey 07724
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                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
  
  
                                   (732) 544-0155
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                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  
  
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           (Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report.)
  
  
  
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  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
  
           Reference is made to the New World Restaurant Group, Inc. press release
  attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated by reference herein, relating
  to the notification of an informal investigation by the SEC.
  
  
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
  (c)  EXHIBITS.
  
  Exhibit           Description
  
  99.1              Press Release issued April 5, 2002
  
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
                                         NEW WORLD RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                         BY:     /s/ Anthony Wedo
                                             ------------------------------
                                             Name: Anthony Wedo
                                             Title:   Chief Executive Officer
  
  
  
  Date:  April 5, 2002
  
  
  
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                                                                      Exhibit 99.1
  
               NEW WORLD NOTIFIED BY SEC ABOUT INFORMAL INVESTIGATION;
                              COMPANY COOPERATING FULLY
  
           EATONTOWN, NJ (4/5/02)--New World Restaurant Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin
  Board: NWCI.OB) today disclosed that it has been notified by the Securities and
  Exchange Commission that the Commission is conducting an informal investigation
  into the matters announced by the Company on Wednesday, including the
  resignation of Chairman Ramin Kamfar, the termination of Chief Financial Officer
  Jerold Novack and the delay in the filing of the Company's Form 10-K for fiscal
  2001. The Company said that it is cooperating fully with the investigation.
  
           New World is a leading company in the "fast/quick casual" sandwich
  industry. The Company operates stores primarily under the Einstein Bros and
  Noah's New York Bagels brands and primarily franchises stores under the
  Manhattan Bagel and Chesapeake Bagel Bakery brands. As of April 1, 2002, the
  Company's retail system consisted of 457 company-owned stores and 293 franchised
  and licensed stores. The Company also operates three dough production facilities
  and one coffee roasting plant.
  
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  CONTACTS:
  General Media: At Einstein/Noah--Stacie Lange, (303) 568-8126.
  Financial media/investors: Bill Parness, Parness & Associates, (732) 290-0121;
  parnespr@optonline.net
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
           Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) April 3, 2002
  
                          New World Restaurant Group, Inc.
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  Delaware                          0-27148                             13-3690261
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (State or Other                (Commission                      (I.R.S. Employer
  Jurisdiction of                File Number)                       Identification
  Incorporation)                                                              No.)
  
                               246 Industrial Way West
                            Eatontown, New Jersey 07724
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
                                   (732) 544-0155
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report.)
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
  
           Reference is made to the New World Restaurant Group, Inc. press release
  attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated by reference herein, relating
  to the notification of an informal investigation by the SEC.
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
  (c)  EXHIBITS.
  
  Exhibit           Description
  
  99.1              Press Release issued April 5, 2002
  SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                         NEW WORLD RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
  
                                         BY:     /s/ Anthony Wedo
                                             ------------------------------
                                             Name: Anthony Wedo
                                             Title:   Chief Executive Officer
  
  Date:  April 5, 2002
  Exhibit 99.1
  
               NEW WORLD NOTIFIED BY SEC ABOUT INFORMAL INVESTIGATION;
                              COMPANY COOPERATING FULLY
  
           EATONTOWN, NJ (4/5/02)--New World Restaurant Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin
  Board: NWCI.OB) today disclosed that it has been notified by the Securities and
  Exchange Commission that the Commission is conducting an informal investigation
  into the matters announced by the Company on Wednesday, including the
  resignation of Chairman Ramin Kamfar, the termination of Chief Financial Officer
  Jerold Novack and the delay in the filing of the Company's Form 10-K for fiscal
  2001. The Company said that it is cooperating fully with the investigation.
  
           New World is a leading company in the "fast/quick casual" sandwich
  industry. The Company operates stores primarily under the Einstein Bros and
  Noah's New York Bagels brands and primarily franchises stores under the
  Manhattan Bagel and Chesapeake Bagel Bakery brands. As of April 1, 2002, the
  Company's retail system consisted of 457 company-owned stores and 293 franchised
  and licensed stores. The Company also operates three dough production facilities
  and one coffee roasting plant.
  
                                        ####
  
  CONTACTS:
  General Media: At Einstein/Noah--Stacie Lange, (303) 568-8126.
  Financial media/investors: Bill Parness, Parness & Associates, (732) 290-0121;
  parnespr@optonline.net