Panera Bread PART A: INTRODUCTION: Company/Industry: Louis Kane and Ron Shaich founded a bakery-café called Au Bon Pain Company Inc. in 1981. The company grew and prospered through the 1980’s and 90’s. In 1993 the company purchased Saint Louis Bread Company which had 20 locations. Between 1993 and 1997 the company expanded with an additional 100+ Saint Louis Bread bakery-cafes opening throughout the States. In 1997 the company also changed the name of all Saint Louis Bread locations outside
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Synopsis Panera Bread Company began in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co. founded by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich . Ron Shaich befriended cofounder Louis Kane in 1980‚ shortly after opening the Cookie Jar bakery in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. Kane‚ a venture capitalist‚ had recently purchased the Au Bon Pain Company in 1978. Shaich was interested in “adding bread and croissants to his menu to stimulate morning sales” . Shaich recalled‚ “50‚000 people a day were going past my store‚ and I had nothing to sell
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In Bread for All‚ Chris Renwick argues that ‘Liberal thinkers’ efforts to reform their ideas […] were crucial in the development of welfare provision.’ This judgement is entirely correct: Green and his successors redefined the role of the state in dealing with the welfare of its citizens. However‚ the reforms themselves were not solely prompted by ‘New Liberal’ ideas. While important in determining the form which Edwardian social reforms took – redistributive‚ and radically expanding the role of
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Panera Bread Summary Panera Bread is a nationwide known eatery that provides premium foods in a sophisticated atmosphere. Panera Bread is in the line of bakery-café. They decided to set themselves apart from eateries such as McDonald’s‚ Wendy’s‚ and Burger King. The stores are equipped with very intimate settings and Wi-Fi. Panera Bread specializes in a variety fresh baked bread and meal options for the health conscience customer. SWOT Analysis Strengths • Panera Bread is known nationwide
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PANERA BREAD Katrina Coppage‚ Keith Fleming‚ Errol Hampton‚ & Blake Wallace MGMT 4303 INTRODUCTION: Panera Bread is one of the great American success stories of breaking trends‚ and shaking up the market with complete innovation. Not only were they successful‚ but they were able to achieve this success while doing things their own way. Product and Service differentiation were the keys to this bakery-café’s success. Before Panera Bread’s creation in ___‚ never had a business combined the relaxing
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price. Their strategy includes growing the business both organically‚ through encouraging higher frequency of visits from current customers throughout the day‚ as well as growing through the opening of additional franchise bakery-cafes. Panera Bread is trying to achieve a competitive advantage by the quality of their food offerings. Their point of difference compared to many other quick service dining options is their baking expertise as well as their use of all natural‚ high quality ingredients
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Panera Bread is widely spoken‚ advertised bakery/ cafe with a dish for any type of day. Panera has a large‚ healthy menu that is worth the cost and you’ll leave the cafe wishing you came sooner. Panera has transpired through many generations‚ and reformed their layout every sense Ron Shaich‚ founder‚ created the restaurant in the 1980’s‚ they called their restaurant e Au Bon Pain Co. Ron’s partner Louis Kane decided to change the bakery from just baking croissants and bread‚ to a high-end
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BUS 480 Strategic Audit Michelle Herndon (2012) Case Number and Title Case 32: Panera Bread Company (2010): Still Rising Fortunes? CURRENT SITUATION Panera Bread’s intention is “to make Panera Bread a nationally recognized brand name and to be the dominant restaurant operator in the specialty bakery-café segment.” Panera experienced competition from many numerous sources in its trade areas. Their competition was with specialty food‚ casual dining and quick service cafes‚ bakeries‚ and
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The Tip Top Up Bread got several strengths in the market. Tip Top Up Bread was a 50 years-old brand‚ its great brand name in Australia with good reputation gain it got a large number of loyal customer‚ when the Tip Top Company introduce the Tip Top Up Variety in the market‚ these loyalty customer would willing to try this new product. It is now the dominating brand selling the nutrition added bread. These monopoly market place make consumers who want to buy nutrition added bread have no choice
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Panera Bread Company Strategic Audit Ellen Carstensen Kelsey Kuhnmuench Brooke Unger Jason Gonzales Tony Martin Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………. SWOT…………………………………………………………………………………………….. Competitors……………………………………………………………………………………….. Key Success Factors……………………………………………………………………………… Porter’s Five Forces Model……………………………………………………………………….. Strategy Typology…………………………………………………………………………………
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