Panera Bread is an upscale fast casual restaurant with 2‚000 company-owned and franchise-operated bakery café locations in 46 states‚ the District of Columbia and Ontario‚ Canada. Panera Bread is known for its sandwiches‚ soups‚ salads‚ coffee‚ pastries‚ and of course‚ the freshly baked bread! Taking that one step further‚ Panera Bread is committed to clean ingredients‚ a transparent menu and making a positive impact in communities.. Panera Bread also has a list of Cultural Values and Concept Essences
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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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Case 3 – Panera Bread. Panera Bread is a quickly expanding bakery-café with 1‚493 company owned and franchised operated bakery-cafés in 40 states and the District of Columbia and Ontario Canada by mid-2011. Under the names Panera Bread‚ Saint Louis Bread Company and Paradise Bakery & Café reported revenue of $1.5 billion with average sales of $2.2 million per store location and an average of 6 million customers system wide each week. 1. Panera Bread’s strategy is to be a premium specialty
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From reading the case I found that Panera Bread uses the broad differentiation strategy. Panera bread has been able to create value to their food that is not easily matched or cheaply copied by rivals. Panera Bread’s breads‚ bagels‚ and muffins are made fresh daily. The professionally trained bakers spend about 48 hours making the dough‚ which is then distributed on a 220 degree temperature controlled truck operated by Panera personnel to ensure optimal freshness (C-136). Also‚ the trucks only travel
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Company Background Panera Bread Company originally came about in
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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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Panera Bread is a company of small beginnings‚ starting out as a chain of small scale bakery-cafes along the east coast to having over 1‚200 locations in over 40 states. Panera is a company that strives to project an inviting atmosphere in all of its establishments. Panera’s stores are mostly located in suburban areas with heir target customers being urban workers and suburban dwellers. “A loaf of bread in every arm” is the mission statement of Panera Bread. Panera Bread bakes more bread
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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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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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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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