Green Panera Bread - Case Analysis June 10‚ 2010 Overview Panera Bread‚ also called St. Louis Bread Company was founded in 1981. Rated high as a bakery-café restaurant‚ they serve a variety of breads‚ soups‚ and salads. Panera is considered a “quick casual” restaurant offering sit-down dining and catering services. Panera Bread is now a publicly traded company with over 70 locations in 10 states and Company highlights include: * As reported by The Wall Street Journal‚ Panera Bread
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Company Background Panera Bread Company originally came about in
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MSA 603 Week 2 Assignment Panera Bread 1. SWOT Analysis Strengths a. Minimal Long-Term Debt. Most expansion is financed by cash flow from operations. b. Quality control is maintained by making fresh dough daily at one of several fresh dough facilities. The dough is then transported daily from the facility to stores and baked fresh in the store. The average length of each trip is 300 miles. c. Strong brand recognition. d. Free Wi-Fi at most locations. However‚
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This paper is about Panera Bread Company and the strategy it employs to become the best brand name of fresh bread in the United States. Panera Bread specializes in providing fresh goods‚ made-to-order sandwiches‚ salads‚ soups‚ custom roasted coffees and other cafe beverages. The company generates revenues through three business segments: company bakery-café operations‚ franchise operations and fresh dough operations. The company’s bakery-café operations segment is comprised of the operating activities
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Case Brief Panera Bread Context Panera Bread is a chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants in the United States that started out as Au Bon Pain Company in 1981 and was founded by Louis Kane and Ron Saich. The locations were mostly malls‚ shopping centers‚ etc. In 1993 APB purchased St. Louis Bread Co giving them 20 additional locations. During 1994 and 1995 market research concluded a need for quality dining which was fresh and fast. St. Louis locations went through major overhaul with
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Panera Bread What do most people think of when the words “fast food” come to mind? The first thing that pops into a person’s brain are restaurants such as McDonald’s‚ Wendy’s‚ and so on. All of those places sell foods that are high in calories‚ sodium‚ fat‚ and sugar. When the restaurant Panera is mentioned‚ people usually think about how they have healthy food options and would never be considered a fast food restaurant. Panera Bread‚ is a popular American bakery and café chain. It is known for
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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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Organization and Management of Panera Bread The formation of Panera Bread began in 1978 when Louis Kane bought Au Bon Pain‚ a retail producer of baked goods. Kane changed it to a wholesale business by opening two cafes and staffing them with bakers and employees‚ but high production costs made it impossible to cover his overhead. In 1981 Kane decided to remain responsible for site selection and financing‚ but he chose Robert Shaich to help turn the company around as President of internal operations
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The Strategic Management Model: Businesses vary in the processes they use to formulate and direct their strategic management activities. Sophisticated planners‚ such as General Electric‚ Procter & Gamble‚ and IBM‚ have developed more detailed processes than less formal planners of similar size. Small businesses that rely on the strategy formulation skills and limited time of an entrepreneur typically exhibit more basic planning concerns than those of larger firms in their industries. Understandably
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Financial Analysis – Panera Bread (PNRA) TABLE OF CONTENT a- Overview of The Panera Bread Company ------------------------------4 b- The Latest Financial Statement 2009-2011 ------------------------------5 c- Summary of each Financial Statement ------------------------------8 d- Ratio Analysis (Five major types of ratios)
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