Pennsylvania Entrepreneur Secures Financing to Buy Pepperidge Farms Franchise

Borrowing money to invest in a Pepperidge Farms franchise? First Commonwealth Bank has a history of making these loans and they are guaranteed by the SBA.

Getting money to buy a Pepperidge Farms franchise requires some effort but others before you have been successful. In 2000, First Commonwealth Bank issued an SBA franchise loan to an entrepreneur in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Because Pepperidge Farms was registered with the SBA's registry of franchises, this Pennsylvania small business loan was issued on an expedited basis.

SBA Loan Borrower

PEPPERIDGE FARM DISTRIBUTORSHI
CHAMBERSBURG, PA 17201

SBA Loan Lender

FIRST COMMONWEALTH BANK
RTE 220 & N JUNIATA ST
HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA 16648

This was a LowDoc (Low Documentation Loan Program). LowDoc is one of the SBA's most popular programs because there is a simple, one-page SBA application form and rapid turnaround on loan approvals.

SBA Loan Program Type

This loan was issued as a general business loan.

SIC Code

5461 - Retail Bakeries

Loan Approval Date

5/31/2000

Loan Approval Gross Amount

$20,000

Loan Approval from the SBA

Of the total $20,000 loan amount, the SBA guaranteed $16,000.

More Information on This SBA Loan

The borrower borrowed this money for an existing business. This loan was used to buy a Pepperidge Farms franchise. At the time of the loan, the company had only one employee. The SBA loan application for the borrower did not indicate that the SBA funding recipient planned to use the loan proceeds to add employees or retain any existing employees.

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