Jordan Ciaramitaro and Casey Howe Fast Food Analysis Panera Bread Panera Bread is a fast food restaurant where many people go to eat a quick‚ filling meal. Panera appeals to most people because of the amount of options it offers‚ which makes it difficult to be dissatisfied. After choosing foods to use on our good day and our bad day‚ we immediately noticed several differences. For breakfast on the bad day we chose a pecan roll; while on the good day we chose a whole grain bagel with reduced
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basic need of consumers like clothing‚ and shelter. For a company to enter into the food business it has to assess the various segments of this business. These ranges from production of food‚ processing‚ and marketing. The company prior to entering a market in this line of business should assess its capabilities and compare these to the kind of needs of the consumers – would the customer be a processor‚ or a consumer?Is the product that the company can offer a raw material‚ processed food‚ or to serve
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MGMT479H June 23‚ 2013 Panera Case Study Week 3 Panera Bread Company’s beginnings come from a vision of one man who purchased the company from a French oven manufacturer Pavailler who opened a demonstration bakery. Louis Kane was struck by the potential of what the business could be so he purchased this business from Pavailler. Named Au Bon Pain (French for “where good bread is”) and opened 13 stores and closed 10 stores between 1978 and 1981. With bankruptcy in the future‚ Kane meets a fellow
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Panera Bread Company is a leader in the easy casual restaurant industry with multiple café-bakeries located in 36 states‚ of the United States. Panera operates under the banner of Panera and Saint Louis Bread Company. Almost 400 of its 1‚027 bakeries are company-operated and the remainders are franchisees. Panera Bread’s core competencies are in their market niche‚ offering a premium specialty bakery and café experience to suburban and urban residents. Penera’s focus is offering their
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Panera Bread Company (2010) Company Strategic Audit Contents Intro 3 Strategic View and Decision Making 3 Growth Strategy 4 Market development 4 Market penetration 5 Product development 5 Differentiation (according to Porter) 5 Vertical Integration 6 Concentration Strategy (Focus Strategy) 6 Competitive advantage 7 Core Competencies 8 Business portfolio 9 Business development 10 Abell type model: 11 Customer Groups: 11 Technologies: 11 Needs of customers:
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Panera Bread Industry Analysis By: Heather Fancher Industry Analysis Industry Description Nature of Products and Services: The nature of the products and services provided in the restaurant industry are based on customer satisfaction with the food and services that each location provides. Providing a selection of delicious and well-presented food made with quality ingredients that are simple and good tasting is exactly what the customer wants. Most customers go to restaurants to meet with others
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Panera Bread Strengths Fresh baked bread everyday Majority of their bakeries offer free WIFI It is a healthier option than fast food places. Merged together Au Bon Pain and St. Louis Bread Company. Bread dough’s are made offsite at the company 17 manufacturing plants. Offers Panera kids menu. Removed trans fats from its menu. Weaknesses The prices are higher than many fast food restaurants. They have a very weak dinner menu. Organic and high quality food=high prices Small number
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Business Stratgery / Case: Panera Bread Company / Igor Maas / 02.15.2008 The main challenge is to determine how Panera Bread can continue to achieve high growth rates in the future. Panera Bread is operating in an extremely high competitive restaurant market which forces the company to improve and to grow steadily for staying profitable. The company’s mission statement of putting “a loaf of bread in every arm” is just underlying Panera’s commitment for growing. They are now in a good financial
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Table of Contents Page Company Background 4 Senior Management 5 Current Situation 6 Company Strategy 7‚ 8 Goals‚ Issues and Alternatives 9‚ 10 SWOT Analysis 11-13 Internal Strengths 14 Geographic’s 15 Strategic Alternatives 16‚ 17 Competitor Analysis 18‚ 19 Financial Analysis 20 Recommendations
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Panera Bread began in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co.‚ a fast-casual bakery and café chain‚ founded by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s‚ the chain grew along the east cost of the United States and internationally. It dominated in the bakery-café category. In 1993‚ Au Bon Pain Co. purchased Saint Louis Bread Company‚ which was founded by Kenneth Rosenthal. At this time‚ the Saint Louis Bread Company was in the midst of renovating its 20 bakery-cafes in the Saint Louis area. The concept’s
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