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Julius Young opened the first outlet opened at [[Livonia Mall]] in a [[Detroit]] suburb in Michigan.<ref name="vida">{{cite news| title=Soft Market : Hot Sam Pretzels Invade the West, Where Some Ask for Fudge Topping| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1985-06-30/business/fi-319_1_pretzel-hot-sam| first=Herbert J.| last=Vida| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=30 June 1985| access-date=2013-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Entrepreneur was behind Jiffy Pop, Hot Sam's shops| last=Helms| first=Matt| date=April 2, 1996| newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]}}</ref>
In 1971, the owners sold the company to [[General Host]], who then owned the Detroit-based retailer [[Frank's Nursery & Crafts]]. General Host sold it again in 1986.<ref name="record">{{cite news| title=On Michigan's Industrial Front |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3eITAQAAMAAJ&q=%22detroit%22+%22hot+sam%22+%22pretzels%22
Located mainly in shopping malls, [[Mrs. Fields]] acquired the chain in 1995. Mrs. Field's purchased [[Pretzelmaker|Pretzel Time]] in 1996 and merged the two chains under the "Pretzel Time" brand. The last 10 locations were converted in 2005.<ref name="handbook">{{cite news| title=The Restaurant and Foodservice Market Research Handbook| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41MsAQAAMAAJ&q=%22hot+sam%22+%22pretzel%22
== In popular culture ==
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