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Exhibit 10.52

AGREEMENT

October 10, 2002

        The parties to this agreement are New World Restaurant Group, Inc.
(formerly known as New World Coffee- Manhattan Bagel, Inc.) (the "Company"), BET
Associates, L.P. ("BET"), Brookwood New World Investors, L.L.C. ("Brookwood")
and Halpern Denny III, L.P. ("Halpern Denny").

        Reference is made to the letter agreement dated June 19, 2001 by and
among the Company, BET, Brookwood and Halpern Denny, which among other things,
amended subsection f(5) of the Warrants issued pursuant to (i) the Exchange
Agreement dated as of January 18, 2001 among Brookwood, BET and the Company (the
"Exchange Agreement"), (ii) the Series F Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement
dated as of January 18, 2001 (the "First Series F Purchase Agreement") and
(iii) the Second Series F Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement between the
Company and Halpern Denny (the "Second Series F Purchase Agreement"). The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment to section f(5) of the
Warrants did not correctly reflect the intention of the parties.

        The parties hereto agree that section f(5) of the Warrants issued
pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, First Series F Purchase Agreement and Second
Series F Purchase Agreement shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:

"On June 30, 2002, the number of shares specified in this Warrant shall be
increased by the Additional Warrant Shares (where X is the number of Additional
Warrant Shares) derived from the following equation:

    the number of shares of Common Stock, which could be purchased hereunder or
have already been purchased hereunder immediately after the issuance of the
Jefferies Warrants (the "Existing Warrant Shares")       X + the Existing
Warrant Shares    

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    the Fully-Diluted Common Stock of the Company immediately prior to the
issuance of the Jefferies Warrants (but excluding 5,369,084 shares)       the
Fully-Diluted Common Stock of the Company immediately after the issuance of the
Jefferies Warrants

In addition, on June 30, 2002, if Additional Jefferies Warrants have been issued
prior to such date: (i) the number of Additional Warrant Shares (where X is the
number of Additional Warrant Shares) shall be calculated in accordance with the
following equation for each such issuance and

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(ii) the number of shares specified in this Warrant shall be further increased
by the cumulative amount of Additional Warrant Shares calculated pursuant to
clause (i).

    the number of shares of Common Stock, which could be purchased hereunder or
have already been purchased hereunder immediately after the issuance the
Additional Jefferies Warrants (the "Existing Warrant Shares")       X + the
Existing Warrant Shares    

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    the Fully-Diluted Common Stock of the Company immediately prior to the
issuance of the Additional Jefferies Warrants       the Fully-Diluted Common
Stock of the Company immediately after the issuance of the Additional Jefferies
Warrants (including any additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
the terms of other warrants of the Company similar to this Warrant)

On any date after June 30, 2002, if any Additional Jefferies Warrants (as
defined below) are issued, the number of shares specified in this Warrant shall
be adjusted to that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Existing
Warrant Shares plus the Additional Warrant Shares (where X is the number of
Additional Warrant Shares derived from the following equation):

    the number of shares of Common Stock, which could be purchased hereunder or
have already been purchased hereunder immediately after the issuance the
Additional Jefferies Warrants (the "Existing Warrant Shares")       X + the
Existing Warrant Shares    

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    the Fully-Diluted Common Stock of the Company immediately prior to the
issuance of the Additional Jefferies Warrants       the Fully-Diluted Common
Stock of the Company immediately after the issuance of the Additional Jefferies
Warrants (including the Additional Warrant Shares and any additional shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of other warrants of the Company
similar to this Warrant)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any shares of Series F
Preferred Stock of the Corporation are redeemed as of the date of the applicable
issuance of Additional Jefferies Warrants (other than through the issuance of
the Notes (as provided in the Certificate of Designation) if such Notes have not
been paid in full), then the Additional Warrant Shares derived on that date from
the equation above shall be reduced to an amount equal to the product of (x) the
Additional Warrant Shares multiplied by (y) the quotient of (i) the number of
shares of Series F Preferred Stock outstanding as of that date divided by
(ii) the number of shares of Series F Preferred Stock outstanding as of June 30,
2001.

For purposes of this subsection (5), the "Fully-Diluted Common Stock of the
Company" shall include all outstanding shares of Common Stock, and all shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to all outstanding options, warrants or
convertible securities (including convertible debt) of the Company but not
including any warrants or options with a strike price greater than $3.00

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per share. For purposes of this subsection (5), the "Jefferies Warrants" are the
warrants, dated as of June 19, 2001, to purchase Common Stock of the Company
issued to the holders of the Senior Secured Increasing Rate Notes due 2003. The
"Additional Jefferies Warrants" are any additional warrants issued pursuant to
the Jefferies Warrants because the Company has not repaid the Senior Secured
Increasing Rate Notes due 2003. In the event that this Warrant shall be
exercised in full prior to June 30, 2002 or any date thereafter in which
Additional Jefferies Warrants are issued, a new Warrant representing the amount
of the adjustment pursuant to this subsection (5) shall be issued upon the
occurrence of such adjustment and such Warrant shall be substantially in the
form of this Warrant. The preceding provision shall survive the exercise of this
Warrant."

        The parties agree that the terms and provisions of this agreement will
apply retroactively to the Warrants that were issued pursuant to the terms of
the Exchange Agreement, the First Series F Purchase Agreement and the Second
Series F Purchase Agreement. In order to give effect to the foregoing, the
parties will return any Additional Warrant Shares that were issued to them by
the Company pursuant to section f(5) of the Warrants. Upon receipt the Company
will cancel such Additional Warrant Shares and will issue Additional Warrant
Shares to the parties calculated in accordance with section f(5) of the
Warrants, as amended by this agreement.

    NEW WORLD RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
 
 
By:
/s/  ANTHONY D. WEDO          

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Anthony D. Wedo
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
BET ASSOCIATES, L.P.
 
 
By:
/s/  LEONARD TANNENBAUM          

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Name: Leonard Tannenbaum
Title:
 
 
 
 
BROOKWOOD NEW WORLD INVESTORS, LLC
 
 
By:
/s/  EVE TRKLA          

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Name: Eve Trkla
Title:
 
 
 
 
HALPERN DENNY III, L.P.
 
 
By:
/s/  WILLIAM NIMMO          

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Name: William Nimmo
Title:
 
 

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Exhibit 10.52

AGREEMENT October 10, 2002