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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i was going i just sped up to pass a couple cars to get over ‚my girlfriend just fell and poped her knee out of place at work i wasnt meaning to speed its just i have to pick her stuff up and go to the hospital " at that time she was working at panera bread in tustin wranch‚ i gave all my info and paper work to the highway patrol officer‚ he said my record was clear so hes going to write me a ticket and let me go and lets try not to have another accident tonight hope everything is ok. I had to move
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My recommendation for Panera Bread is to change its marketing strategy by innovating with a promotional strategy even if there are no direct competitors that replicated Panera’s business model. The company needs to promote its quality menu through promotional strategies undertaken to attract new customers in its bakery-cafes. Although the company is perpetually competitive alert‚ it should not forget that the novelty effect has an influence on customers and they may have to try the newly opened dining
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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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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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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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debt-asset ratio | 16.67 | 35.86 | 28.68 | 35.58 | 36.23 | Debt to equity ratio | 21.5 | 56.16 | 40.22 | 55.23 | 56.82 | Longterm debt to capital ratio | 0.172 | 0.215 | | | | From the end of fiscal 2002 through the end of fiscal 2011‚ Panera Bread company (PBC)’s net revenues grew from 282225
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2003 Revenue 2004 2005 2006 2007(Est. 33333333363‚702 33333333479‚139 33333333640‚275 33333333828‚971 33331‚050‚000 Operating 33333333288‚706 333333333365‚627 333333333325‚298 333333333338‚735 33333333399‚760 333333333375‚036 333333333333‚011 333333333350‚240 33333333542‚916 333333333385‚618 333333333344‚166 333333333363‚502 33333333738‚000 333333333386‚000 333333333360‚000 333333333378‚000 CashFlow3Statement Net3Income Depreciation Accounts3Receivable Inventory Prepaid 2004 333333333333338
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my hand and looking both ways before she drug me across the street. "You’re gonna pull my arm out of it’s socket if you keep going!" I giggled slightly and she laughed. "Sorry." She let my arm go and we walked into Panera Bread to grab ourselves dinner. "Hi! Welcome to Panera Bread‚ only two?" The hostess looked at us both and I gave her a warm smile‚ nodding my head. She smiled‚ grabbing two menu’s and walking us to a table outside. I grinned‚ hoping she would let us sit outside. It was a nice
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