CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

            We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8/S-3 of our
report dated September 4, 1996 on our audits of the consolidated financial
statements of Blimpie International, Inc. and Subsidiaries. We also consent to
the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts."

                                        COOPERS & LYBRAND, L.L.P.

Atlanta, Georgia
April 10, 1997