Flynn Restaurant Group Acquires 47 Panera Bakery Cafes, Plants “Third Flag” in Fast Casual Segment
With 729 Restaurants and $1.7 Billion in Sales, Flynn Restaurant Group enhances its position as the largest US Restaurant Franchise…
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Panera Bread Celebrates the Joy of Eating With New Campaign: “Food as It Should Be”
Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) has unveiled a new national advertising platform to express the company’s long-held belief in food that…
Panera Bread Appoints Two New Executives to Augment Its Organizational Capabilities as It Executes Its Strategic Plan
Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) has named Drew Madsen president effective May 11. He will report to Ron Shaich, chairman…
Panera Bread Becomes First National Restaurant Company to Share List of Unacceptable Ingredients
Company Details ‘No No’ List of Artificial Additives to Be Removed and Introduces ‘Clean’ Salad Dressings Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA)…
Panera Bread Announces Progress On A Number Of Key Value Enhancing Initiatives
Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) has announced progress on a number of key value enhancing initiatives: Panera’s Board of Directors…
Panera Bread Reports on Progress to Improve Animal Welfare for Poultry and Livestock
No Antibiotics Ever for Pigs, No Gestation Crates for Pregnant Sows by January 2015 Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) today offered…
Covelli Enterprises Acquires Eleven Additional Panera Bread Cafes in Dayton
Warren, Ohio-based Covelli Enterprises, the single largest franchisee of Panera Bread with locations in the five states and in Canada…
Unhappy Meal Options: Consumers Losing Taste For Fast Food
A new study conducted by New York-based brand and customer loyalty and engagement consultancy, Brand Keys has shown that demographics…
Panera Bread Announces CFO Departure; Bill Moreton, Executive Vice Chairman and Former CEO, to Serve as Interim CFO
Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) today announced that Roger Matthews, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned his…
Panera, Chipotle, and the Upstarts Nibbling Away at the Restaurant Giants
Fast-food giants and casual sit-down chains alike have trembled for years at the unstoppable rise of the fast-casual restaurants. Unable…
Restaurant News Bites: Panera, Chipotle, Cinnabon, Red Lobster
Panera’s CEO: We Are Changing The Fast Food Industry, Again In the 1980s, Ron Shaich changed the industry by introducing…
Panera Announces 100% Franchisee Commitment to Panera 2.0
Today, Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) announced that 100% of its franchisees have committed to the eCommerce platform that will serve…
Panera Bread Issues Comprehensive Food Policy
Today, Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) shared a comprehensive set of commitments around food. The Food Policy, which is a formal…
Panera Bread Reveals Test Bakery
Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA), the restaurant founded on a commitment to fresh baked bread, is announcing a new test…
Panera Unveils Panera 2.0
Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) unveiled Panera 2.0 — a series of integrated technologies to enhance the guest experience for all…
Restaurant Chain Growth Report 01/07/14
Growing Concepts of Multi Unit Operators Concepts that have grown by at least 5% (if less than 50 units). Santa…
Panera Bread Franchisee Group Signs Deal For 25 Units With The Pizza Studio
“Multi-concept franchisees are the smartest and best operators around.” Samit Varma Los Angeles-based fast-casual restaurant, The Pizza Studio, announced today…
Wait Nearly Over for Pizza Lovers in Charlotte
First area Pie Five Pizza restaurant to open Monday Beginning Monday, the pizza dining experience in Charlotte may never be…
Panera Suspends Latest Pay-What-You-Can Experiment
Panera Bread’s latest pay-what-you-can experiment will be retooled and brought back next winter as a seasonal offering rather than a…
How a Restaurant With No Cash Registers and No Prices Makes Money
A Panera Cares Café looks just like any one of the other 1600 Panera locations around the United States: the…
Panera Bread Co-CEO Bill Moreton to Transition to Executive Vice Chairman
Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) has announced that President and Co-CEO Bill Moreton will transition to Executive Vice Chairman due…
Great Food & Service Drive Loyalty to Fast-Casual Restaurants; Pei Wei, Culvers, Panera Score Best
In a recent survey of restaurant customers in the United States, when it comes to identifying what drives loyalty for…
Panera Bread Announces Appointment of Roger Matthews as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) – Ron Shaich, Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Bill Moreton, President…
Panera Bread Foundation Brings Panera Cares Community Cafe to Boston
The Panera Bread Foundation opened its fifth non-profit community cafe — called Panera Cares — today in Boston. The cafe…