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) January 2, 2002
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                          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.)
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
  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 (including, without
  limitation,  the information set forth in the cautionary  statement contained in
  the press release).
  
  ITEM 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (c)  Exhibits.
  Exhibit   Description
  99.1      Press Release issued January 2, 2002.
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
                                     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/ Jerold E. Novack
                                                 ---------------------------------
                                                 Name: Jerold E. Novack
                                                 Title: Chief Financial Officer
  
  
  Date:  January 7, 2002
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
                                                                      Exhibit 99.1
  
                                                             For Immediate Release
  
                   NEW WORLD GAINS QUOTATION ON OTC BULLETIN BOARD
  
       EATONTOWN,  NJ  (01/02/02)--New  World Restaurant  Group, Inc. (OTC BB:
  
  NWCI.OB)  today  announced that certain market makers are now quoting its common
  stock on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol NWCI.
  
       Knight  Securities,  L.P., a subsidiary of Knight  Trading  Group  (NASDAQ:
  NITE), and Spear,  Leeds & Kellogg,  a unit of Goldman Sachs Group,  Inc. (NYSE:
  GS), are serving as the primary market makers.
  
       The Company  commented  that it is pleased to have gained  quotation on the
  OTC market and that market  makers are actively  quoting the stock.  The Company
  also noted that it continues the efforts to rationalize  its capital  structure,
  remains enthusiastic about its growth potential, and is pleased with the overall
  strength of the base business.
  
       New World is a leading company in the `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 October 2, 2001,  the Company's  retail
  system  consisted of 494  company-owned  stores and 294  franchised and licensed
  stores.  The Company also operates  three dough  production  facilities  and one
  coffee roasting plant.
  
                                        ****
  
  Certain statements in this press release constitute  forward-looking  statements
  or statements which may be deemed or construed to be forward-looking  statements
  within the meaning of the Private Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The
  words "forecast,"  "estimate,"  "project," "intend," "expect," "should," "would"
  and similar  expressions and all statements  which are not historical  facts are
  intended  to  identify   forward-looking   statements.   These   forward-looking
  statements involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
  other  factors  which  could cause the  Company's  actual  results,  performance
  (financial or operating),  or  achievements  to differ from the future  results,
  performance  (financial or operating),  or achievements  expressed or implied by
  such forward-looking  statements.  The above factors are more fully discussed in
  the Company's SEC filings.
  
  
  CONTACTS:
  General Media: At New World -- 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) January 2, 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 (including, without
  limitation,  the information set forth in the cautionary  statement contained in
  the press release).
  
  ITEM 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (c)  Exhibits.
  Exhibit   Description
  99.1      Press Release issued January 2, 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/ Jerold E. Novack
                                                 ---------------------------------
                                                 Name: Jerold E. Novack
                                                 Title: Chief Financial Officer
  
  Date:  January 7, 2002
  Exhibit 99.1
  
                                                             For Immediate Release
  
                   NEW WORLD GAINS QUOTATION ON OTC BULLETIN BOARD
  
       EATONTOWN,  NJ  (01/02/02)--New  World Restaurant  Group, Inc. (OTC BB:
  
  NWCI.OB)  today  announced that certain market makers are now quoting its common
  stock on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol NWCI.
  
       Knight  Securities,  L.P., a subsidiary of Knight  Trading  Group  (NASDAQ:
  NITE), and Spear,  Leeds & Kellogg,  a unit of Goldman Sachs Group,  Inc. (NYSE:
  GS), are serving as the primary market makers.
  
       The Company  commented  that it is pleased to have gained  quotation on the
  OTC market and that market  makers are actively  quoting the stock.  The Company
  also noted that it continues the efforts to rationalize  its capital  structure,
  remains enthusiastic about its growth potential, and is pleased with the overall
  strength of the base business.
  
       New World is a leading company in the `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 October 2, 2001,  the Company's  retail
  system  consisted of 494  company-owned  stores and 294  franchised and licensed
  stores.  The Company also operates  three dough  production  facilities  and one
  coffee roasting plant.
  
                                        ****
  
  Certain statements in this press release constitute  forward-looking  statements
  or statements which may be deemed or construed to be forward-looking  statements
  within the meaning of the Private Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The
  words "forecast,"  "estimate,"  "project," "intend," "expect," "should," "would"
  and similar  expressions and all statements  which are not historical  facts are
  intended  to  identify   forward-looking   statements.   These   forward-looking
  statements involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
  other  factors  which  could cause the  Company's  actual  results,  performance
  (financial or operating),  or  achievements  to differ from the future  results,
  performance  (financial or operating),  or achievements  expressed or implied by
  such forward-looking  statements.  The above factors are more fully discussed in
  the Company's SEC filings.
  
  CONTACTS:
  General Media: At New World -- Stacie Lange, (303) 568-8126
  Financial media/investors:  Bill Parness, Parness & Associates,  (732) 290-0121;
  parnespr@optonline.net