Synoposis Panera Bread Company is a highly successful fast casual restaurant that has grown drastically even despite the market down trend. One of its best assets is CEO and Chairman‚ Ronald Shaich‚ whose radical and innovative ideas have taught the business world many lessons. When the competition was lowering prices to meet the trend of higher unemployment rates and focusing on making their product cheaper‚ Shaich proposed Panera Bread should raise their prices and cater to the 90% of the
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Panera Bread Case Analysis Michael Gibbons Strategic Management W 7:10 - 10:10 1. Panera Bread’s strategy is to provide a superior product to a diverse customer base. Panera Bread’s concept is “to provide a premium specialty bakery and café experience to urban workers and suburban dwellers.” Their strategy has allowed them to provide an alternative meal to fast food restaurants. Analyzing Chapter Five’s generic competitive strategies the most closely fit competitive approach that Panera Bread
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Topic: Panera Bread Company Case Study An analysis of Panera Bread Company’s business strategies was requested. I have evaluated Panera’s performance in regards to their competitive position in the food industry‚ as well as‚ their internal characteristics. My thorough assessment follows the restated question. 1. What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What type
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Running head: PANERA BREAD CASE Title: Panera Bread Strategy Ron Johnson March 1‚ 2009 Southwestern College Professional Studies Abstract This case study is about Panera Bread Company and its strategy it wishes to employ to become the best brand name of fresh bread in the United States. Panera Bread’s use of a broad differentiation strategy has helped their profitability and growth and rivals have found it hard to compete with the competitiveness of Panera Bread. A SWOT analysis will reveal
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Panera Bread Company Case * Student: -Miguel Etchebarne Question 1 What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Panera Bread trying to achieve? -Panera strategy was to make great bread broadly available to consumers across the United States. They have an attractive menu and the dinning ambience of his bakery-cafés
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Overview Panera bread is a full service restaurant company founded by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich. In 1981 the duo started a company called Au Bon Pain Co‚ Inc which marked the beginning of their legacy. The company gained prominence in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s and then went on to acquire Saint Louis Bread Company‚ a restaurant chain with almost twenty locations in the St. Louis area (Panera Bread‚ 2014). Their acquisition of the Saint Louis Bread Company in 1993 made them a force to be reckoned
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1. What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 1 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Panera Bread trying to achieve? Being a nationally recognized brand and a dominant in restaurant operations in the specialty bakery café segment and to expand broadly in the regional market is Panera’s strategy. And by giving high quality product Panera is following their strategy. Panera’s Competitive
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locations. Although there have been talks (amongst Panera Bread) for their corporate and franchise locations (Taylor) of remodeling (Appendix 1)‚ within this report we’ve proposed a plan that will allow their existing stores‚ both corporate and franchise locations‚ to be more attractive and welcoming for reward members and their new customers. As a disclosure‚ all proposed plans will have final approval from appropriate parties from Panera Bread (including Panera’s stakeholders). Although the implementation
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The core technology of Panera Bread would be their process of baking the goods. Panera Bread is primarily known as a fast-casual bakery-café. Therefore‚ the baking process is directly related to the company’s mission of “putting a loaf of bread in every arm” (Panera Cares) The fresh-baked goods are made fresh‚ from scratch‚ and in the store‚ every day by trained bakers. The core technology of Panera Bread would be considered a service for several different reasons. The first reason would be that
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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science (Hotel Administration) January‚ 2010 Table of Content 1. Executive summary 4 2. Introduction 5 3. Description of the Panera Bread company 6 4. Strategies being pursued by the company 10 5. Future trends which will have impact on the company 15 6. Future possibilities 17 7. “The way forward” 20 Plagiarism
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