Case Study Panera Bread Synopsis Panera Bread is a casual made-to-order fast food restaurant that offers specialty breads‚ sandwiches‚ tossed salads and soups. Established in 1981‚ with 1‚562 company owned and franchised locations‚ Panera Bread has moved into the forefront of the restaurant business‚ and has strategically penetrated the market while acquiring a robust amount of loyal customers. Most of the restaurants offer the choice of indoor and outdoor dining. A fireplace inside the restaurant
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PANERA BREAD Katrina Coppage‚ Keith Fleming‚ Errol Hampton‚ & Blake Wallace MGMT 4303 INTRODUCTION: Panera Bread is one of the great American success stories of breaking trends‚ and shaking up the market with complete innovation. Not only were they successful‚ but they were able to achieve this success while doing things their own way. Product and Service differentiation were the keys to this bakery-café’s success. Before Panera Bread’s creation in ___‚ never had a business combined the relaxing
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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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high for Panera in the restaurant industry. No switching costs‚ numerous competitors‚ and an increase in the availability of healthy food For a company in the restaurant industry‚ there are no switching costs for consumers. It is not like‚ for instance‚ the cable industry where cancellation fees are prevalent or an electronics industry where prices for a new product are high. If one day‚ the consumer decides that he or she would like to go to Sweet Green for lunch instead of Panera‚ the only
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Panera Bread’s primary competition is comprised of many other fast casual and/or café-style restaurant chains‚ including Chipotle‚ Starbucks Coffee‚ Five Guys Burgers and Fries and P.F. Chang’s China Bistro. BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS One of the significant changes on Panera Bread’s vertical analysis occurs with the Treasury Stock – Common account‚ which went from accounting for -17% of their Total Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity to accounting for -51% of them. This change constituted for a decrease
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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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The founhder of the company‚ Godfrey Keebler‚ started with jus a small bakery in Philadelphia‚ PA in 1853. During the next two generations‚ local bakeries popped up around the country‚ including Strietmann‚ Hekman‚ Supreme and Bowman. With the introduction of cars and trucks (carrying the Keebler logo)‚ bakery goods could be distributed beyond the neighborhood and regional distribution began. In 1927‚ United Biscuit Company of America was formed. By 1944‚ there were 16 bakeries in the
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What Type of Bread Molds the Fastest? Bread has been part of the human diet for thousands of years. Generally‚ breads were prepared and baked daily for consumption. Today’s bread contains preservatives to make it last longer in the home. This project is about discovering what type of bread molds the fastest out of white‚ wheat‚ rye‚ and homemade. To do this experiment a total of four types of bread were observed in the same environment. A photo of each slice of bread was taken every other day. A
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Problem: Panera Bread wants to raise the stock price by making a stock repurchase and improve margins without raising prices. Equity financing vs. debt financing Type of Loan Pros Cons An overdraft facility (or working capital facility) easily accessible and usually available from a company’s existing bank Lender is not obligated to lend money to the company‚ and load is on demand. Limited amount mainly used for short term cash flow problems. A term loan Lump sum‚ committed facility‚ not usually
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company apart from others of its type and identifies the scope of its operations. 2. Internal Analysis The company analyzes the quantity and quality of the company’s financial‚ human‚ and physical resources. It also assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the company’s management and organizational structure. Finally‚ it contrasts the company’s past successes and traditional concerns with the company’s current capabilities in an attempt to identify the company’s future capabilities. 3. External
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