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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.36

                    SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EFFECTIVE DATE:  AS OF JANUARY 1, 2001

WOOLEY:          JEFFREY J. WOOLEY

COMPANY:         SCHLOTZSKY'S, INC., a Texas corporation
                 203 Colorado Street
                 Austin, Texas  78701

AGREEMENT:       AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Employment
                 Agreement"), effective as of January 1, 2001, by and between
                 WOOLEY and COMPANY, as amended by FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "First Amendment"), executed on or
                 about December 28, 2001, to be effective as of January 1,
                 2001.

WHEREAS, the Parties listed above entered into the AGREEMENT described above;

WHEREAS, the Employment Agreement provided that COMPANY grant WOOLEY a stock
option to purchase shares of COMPANY's common stock equal to the greater of: (a)
the largest number of shares granted to any COMPANY employee or consultant under
COMPANY's 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "1993 Plan"), during 2000 and
2001, or (b) One Hundred Thousand shares, as further described in Section 6
("Stock Options") of the Employment Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Employment Agreement further provided that in the event the grant
of the option or the amendment to the 1993 Plan increasing the total shares
issuable under the plan to a number sufficient for such grant on June 1, 2001,
was not approved, then on or before June 30, 2001, the COMPANY would determine
and approve a reasonable financial equivalent to the grant of the option so that
WOOLEY would be in the substantially same position he would have been in if all
conditions to the grant of the option had been satisfied on June 1, 2001, as
more particularly described in Section 6 ("Stock Options") of the Employment
Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Parties amended Section 5 ("Advance") of the Employment Agreement
by First Amendment on or about December 28, 2001, to modify the terms of the
recovery of the cash advance;

WHEREAS, upon review in January 2002, the Parties determined that the total
shares issuable under the 1993 Plan were not sufficient for the timely grant of
the option to WOOLEY pursuant to the Employment Agreement;

WHEREAS, upon further review in January 2002, the Parties determined the
alternative reasonable financial equivalent to the grant of the option to WOOLEY
pursuant to the Employment Agreement would have a detrimental effect upon the
cash position of COMPANY at that time;

WHEREAS, COMPANY desires to cancel the grant of the option or its financial
equivalent to WOOLEY, and WOOLEY desires to amend further the terms of the
recovery of the cash advance;

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WHEREAS, WOOLEY and COMPANY have determined that it is in their mutual best
interest to modify the terms of the AGREEMENT; and

WHEREAS, this amendment has been approved by an action of the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of the COMPANY dated January 29, 2002;

NOW, THEREFORE, for the mutual obligations contained herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

1.   EFFECT OF AMENDMENT. The AGREEMENT is hereby supplemented and modified by
the provisions of this SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ("AMENDMENT").
Wherever there is any conflict between the provisions of the AGREEMENT and the
provisions of this AMENDMENT, the provisions of this AMENDMENT are paramount and
shall control, and the AGREEMENT shall be construed accordingly. Any terms that
are defined in the AGREEMENT shall have the same meanings in this AMENDMENT. Any
provision in the AGREEMENT not expressly changed by or inconsistent with the
provisions of this AMENDMENT shall remain the same.

2.   AMENDMENT OF SECTION 5 ("ADVANCE"). The AGREEMENT is hereby amended to
restate Section 5 as follows:

          5.   ADVANCES.

               (a)  2001 ADVANCE. On or before January 31, 2001, the Company
     shall pay Wooley a cash advance against Wooley's future bonuses earned in
     the amount of $50,000.

               (b)  2002 ADVANCE. On or before January 31, 2002, the Company
     shall pay Wooley a cash advance against Wooley's future bonuses earned in
     the amount of $140,000.

               (c)  RECOVERY OF ADVANCES. Wooley shall pay 60% of the net bonus
     (that is, the bonus paid to him in the gross amount less statutory
     deductions applicable to earnings) for each year beginning with the 2002
     Bonus (to be paid in accordance with Section 4 of this Amended Agreement,
     that is, on or before January 31, 2003) until the full amount of the 2001
     and 2002 Advances is recovered. If all or any portion of the Advances
     remains upon termination of employment after application of Wooley's
     payment related to the last bonus, such remainder shall be deemed fully
     earned by Wooley and shall not be recovered by the Company.

     For example, if:

     -  On or before January 31, 2001, the Company pays Wooley a cash advance of
        $50,000, pursuant to Section 5 of this Amended Agreement;
     -  Then on or before January 31, 2002, the Company pays Wooley another cash
        advance of $140,000, pursuant to Section 5 of this Amended Agreement;

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     -  Then also on or before January 31, 2002, the Company pays Wooley a bonus
        for the year 2001, equal to the gross amount of $112,500, pursuant to
        Section 4 of this Amended Agreement;
     -  Then assuming that on or before January 31, 2003, the Company pays
        Wooley a bonus for the year 2002, equal to the gross amount of $150,000,
        pursuant to Section 4 of this Amended Agreement;
     -  Then further assuming that the statutory deductions applicable to the
        2002 Bonus of $150,000 equal $52,500, then Wooley would pay to the
        Company 60% of the net 2002 Bonus amount [that is, 60% of ($150,000 less
        $52,500 in statutory deductions)] for a total of $58,500 toward the
        total advance of $190,000, leaving an outstanding balance advanced of
        $131,500;
     -  Then further assuming that on or before January 31, 2004, the Company
        pays Wooley a bonus for the year 2003, equal to the gross amount of
        $150,000, pursuant to Section 4 of this Amended Agreement;
     -  Then further assuming that the statutory deductions applicable to the
        2003 Bonus of $150,000 continue to be equal to $52,500, then Wooley
        would pay to the Company 60% of the net 2003 Bonus amount [that is, 60%
        of ($150,000 less $52,500 in statutory deductions)] for a total of
        $58,500 toward the remaining advanced balance of $131,500, leaving a new
        outstanding balance of $73,000; and
     -  Then the Company continues to pay bonuses pursuant to Section 4 of this
        Amended Agreement; and Wooley continues to pay the Company for any
        outstanding advanced balance pursuant to Section 5 of this Amended
        Agreement unless Wooley's employment is terminated (and if so, the
        outstanding advanced balance would be deemed fully earned by Wooley and
        not recoverable by the Company).

3.   AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6 ("STOCK OPTIONS"). The AGREEMENT is hereby amended
     to restate Section 6 as follows:

          6.   STOCK OPTIONS.

         [This Section has been intentionally omitted in its entirety.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this original of this
AMENDMENT to be effective on the EFFECTIVE DATE.

COMPANY:
SCHLOTZSKY'S, INC.,
a Texas corporation

By:                                                   Date:  4/30/02
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        Richard H. Valade
Title:  Chief Financial Officer
        Executive Vice President & Treasurer

WOOLEY:

                                                      Date:  4/30/02
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Jeffrey J. Wooley

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