Competitive Brand Strategy Analysis Panera Bread) Panera Bread is a quick casual restaurant chain that is a mixture of fast food and more upscale casual dining and especially known for its fresh ingredients and bakery goods. It sells handcrafted bread‚ sandwiches‚ soups‚ drinks‚ salads and other bakery items. The foodservice industry is enormous in Canada; its sales represented nearly 4% of national gross domestic product in 2014‚ the industry sales are expected to increase by 4.0% to $74.1 billion
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Panera Bread Strengths Fresh baked bread everyday Majority of their bakeries offer free WIFI It is a healthier option than fast food places. Merged together Au Bon Pain and St. Louis Bread Company. Bread dough’s are made offsite at the company 17 manufacturing plants. Offers Panera kids menu. Removed trans fats from its menu. Weaknesses The prices are higher than many fast food restaurants. They have a very weak dinner menu. Organic and high quality food=high prices Small number
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Panera Bread Company Strategic Audit Ellen Carstensen Kelsey Kuhnmuench Brooke Unger Jason Gonzales Tony Martin Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………. SWOT…………………………………………………………………………………………….. Competitors……………………………………………………………………………………….. Key Success Factors……………………………………………………………………………… Porter’s Five Forces Model……………………………………………………………………….. Strategy Typology…………………………………………………………………………………
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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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Panera Bread Industry Analysis By: Heather Fancher Industry Analysis Industry Description Nature of Products and Services: The nature of the products and services provided in the restaurant industry are based on customer satisfaction with the food and services that each location provides. Providing a selection of delicious and well-presented food made with quality ingredients that are simple and good tasting is exactly what the customer wants. Most customers go to restaurants to meet with others
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Analysis 20 Recommendations 21 Appendix 22-33 Works Cited 34-36 Company Background Panera Bread Company originally came about in
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Describe positioning and operational effectiveness at Panera Bread. Identify numerous examples in your description. According to company’s profile given in case 8‚ Panera Bread’s establishment started in 1981 by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich as a bakery café. Sooner they have studied the market and opened café chains in different states. They had realized that they had an opportunity to compete with other fast food companies if they could offer higher quality and at the same time quick dining experience
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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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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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Organization and Management of Panera Bread The formation of Panera Bread began in 1978 when Louis Kane bought Au Bon Pain‚ a retail producer of baked goods. Kane changed it to a wholesale business by opening two cafes and staffing them with bakers and employees‚ but high production costs made it impossible to cover his overhead. In 1981 Kane decided to remain responsible for site selection and financing‚ but he chose Robert Shaich to help turn the company around as President of internal operations
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