Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
BONANNO RAYMOND J
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SPICY PICKLE FRANCHISING INC [SPKL]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
90 MADISON STREET, #700
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/22/2009
(Street)

DENVER, CO 80206
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 09/22/2009   P   1,538,462 A $ 0.13 1,568,489 I Raymond J. and Joan E. BonAnno JTWROS
Common Stock 09/22/2009   C   240,000 A $ 0.425 1,808,489 I Raymon J. BonAnno and Joan E. BonAnno JTWROS
Common Stock               2,293,045 I The BonAnno Family Partnership, LLP

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options $ 0.25               (1) 01/25/2012 Common Stock 100,000   100,000 D  
Series A Variable Rate Convertible Preferred Stock $ 0.425 09/22/2009   C     12   (2)   (2) Common Stock 240,000 (2) 0 I Raymond J. BonAnno and Joan E. BonAnno JTWOS
Warrants $ 0.2               (3) 09/22/2014 Common Stock 90,000   90,000 I Raymond J. BonAnno and Joan E. BonAnno JTWOS
Stock Options $ 0.185             11/24/2008 11/24/2013 Common Stock 500,000   500,000 D  
Warrants $ 0.19 09/22/2009   P   769,230   09/22/2009 09/22/2014 Common Stock 769,230 (4) 769,230 I Raymond J. BonAnno and Joan E. BonAnno JTWROS

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
BONANNO RAYMOND J
90 MADISON STREET, #700
DENVER, CO 80206
  X      

Signatures

 Raymond J. BonAnno   09/24/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On January 25, 2007, the Reporting Person was granted an incentive stock option under the Issuer's 2006 Option Plan to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The options are exercisable as to (i) 50,000 shares immediately upon date of grant; (ii) 25,000 on the 1st anniversary of date of grant; and (iii) 25,000 on the 2nd anniversary of date of grant.
(2) Acquired on December 14, 2007 in connection with a private placement financing transaction. The convertible preferred stock is convertible at any time, at the holder's election and have no expiration date.
(3) Acquired on December 14, 2007 in connection with a private placement financing transaction. The warrants are exercisable at any time, at the holder's election. On September 22, 2009, the exercise price was lowered to $0.20 and the expiration date was extended to September 22, 2014.
(4) The warrants were acquired in connection with the purchase of 1,538,462 shares for $200,000.

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