ABDM3313 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Case 5.1 Panera Bread: Occupying a favorable position in a Highly Competitive Industry Program Finance and Investment Tutorial class Group 7 Tutor’s name Mr. Tang Jut Weng Date of Submission 8th March 2013 Student’s Name ID Number 1. Chan Shi Yoon 11WBD04413 Q1. How has Panera Bread established a unique position in the restaurant industry? How has this unique position contributed to the firm’s success? Do you think Panera Bread will reach its goal of becoming a leading
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behind Panera Bread is to provide a premium specialty bakery and café experience to urban workers and suburban dwellers. Panera Bread’s distinctive menu‚ signature café design‚ inviting ambience‚ operating systems and unit location strategy allowed it to compete successfully in five submarkets of the food away from home industry: breakfast‚ lunch‚ daytime “chill out”‚ light evening eat in or take out‚ and take home bread. In his letter to shareholders‚ in the company’s 2005 annual report‚ Panera chairman
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Executive Summary Panera Bread Company is a national bakery-café with 1027 quick service location across the U.S. and with plans to have 2000 outlets operating by end of 2010. Panera’s strategy is a focused differentiation strategy. Their strategic goal is to provide a premium specialty bakery and café experience to urban workers and suburban dwellers. The revenues are generated through sales from company-operated stores‚ fees and royalties from franchisees and sales from fresh dough facilities
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Panera Bread by NICOLE MARLEAU Independence University July 25‚ 2013 Panera Bread Ever wanted to eat healthy without having to wait for restaurant prepared meal‚ but still get the same experience as a restaurant? Then seek out a Panera Bread bakery-café! Panera Bread is a café bakery‚ established in 1981 by Ronald M. Shaich and William W. Moreton in St. Louis‚ MO (Panera Bread‚ 1999). It serves healthy food alternatives to the food you normally find in a fast food restaurant. They serve bread
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Panera Bread Co. What strategic issues and problems does Panera Bread management need to address? With Panera Bread seeking rapid expansion and greater market share growing will lead to many problems. • Training employees and management • Supplier networks • Regional specific tastes and menus • Real-estate acquisitions • Warehousing • Product creation(Bakery dough) • Advertising • Franchise owner support • Distribution(Some delivery routes are up to 500 miles) What is Panera Bread’s
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components of Panera Bread’s value chain? The primary components of Panera Bread’s value chain are 2. What strategic issues and problems does Panera Bread management need to address? The strategic issues and problems that Panera Bread management needs to address are to do with their previously discussed strategy. They want to provide premium bakery and café experience‚ broaden their stores and locations in the states‚ and make Panera a nationwide brand name. The management at Panera needs to
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Penn State Erie - The Behrend College Case 2: Panera Bread Company KAILEY JOYCE 2/27/2012 1. An analysis of Panera Bread Company’s financial situation shows some financial pros and cons for potential inventors. The company has reported increasing sales as well as net income since 2002. Panera Bread Company has also reported increasing earnings per share every year which is an attractive statistic for investors. The company has consistently proven that they can make money. Figure 1
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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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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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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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