Panera Bread Company is the widely acclaimed bakery/café, which operates in the fast casual food restaurant industry. It was originally founded in 1981 by Louis Kane and Ron Schaich, as Au Bon Pain Company with several chains. In 1993, Au Bon Pain Company purchased Saint Louis Bread Company, which is located in St. Louis Area. In 1999, the founders sold Au Bon Pain Company and renamed it as Panera Bread. Currently, the company owns 1,845 franchise stores in 45 states in United States and in Ontario
outside Saint Louis, Missouri the original St. Louis Bread company a quick-service restaurant and bakery has grown into Panera Bread Company with over 1,500 locations in North America. Originally founded by Ken Rosenthal the company was acquired by Au Bon Pain Co. in 1993 and renamed Panera Bread Company in 1999. A king in the quick-service sector, Panera owns and operates many locations with franchises across the United States and Canada. In 2005, Panera ranked 37th on Business Week’s list of "Hot Growth
SYNOPSIS Although Panera Bread did not get its name until officially come into existence until 1999, the company actually had its beginning almost 23 years earlier, in 1976, in Boston, Massachusetts. That is when according to Wheelen, Hunger, Hoffman, & Bamford (2014) (as cited in Vincelette & Fogarty, 2014, p. 16-2) “French oven manufacturer Pavailler opened the first Au Bon Pain.” A couple years later, in 1978, a venture capitalist by the name of Louis Kane saw the potential in Au Bon Pain and
Panera Bread Company (2010) Still Rising Fortunes? Synopsis In 1976 Frenchman Pavailler, opened the Au Bon Pain bakery in Boston. In 1978, the business was purchased by venture capitalist Louis Kane who recognized the bakery’s growth potential and between 1978 and 1981, he opened 13 additional stores. Only three stores survived and Kane found himself $3 million in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy until Ronald Shaich became his business partner. In 1981 Shaich and Kane merged their two respective
and opportunities. Additionally, there is a need of bird eye for industry interruption to become a leader ( Jim Welch, Bill Althaus, 2007). One of the pioneer of restaurant industry is Panera Bread. Factors contributing to its unique position in the restaurant industry are : 1. Great observing power - Panera Bread brought about an industry disturbance in the casual and easy going restaurant industry. They observed that customer had new choices, that they require control, good, quick services and
Introduction Pret a Manger is a fast food chain based in the UK. The first shop called Pret a Manger was opened in Hampstead, London, United Kingdom, in 1984 by Jeffrey Hyman. Company liquidator David Rubin sold it to college friends Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalfe. Beecham and Metcalfe had little business experience. Their company claims they "created the sort of food they craved but could not find anywhere else." They opened their first branch near Victoria Station, London. In 2001, McDonald's
We fill our lives with places are placeless. They hold no deeper meaning. Wilfred McClay attempts to describe place versus placelessness in his essay The Particularities of Place. McClay describes place as “a setting charged with human meaning” (35) while describing space or placelessness as a setting where “that meaning has departed” (35). This is powerful and moving. It shows that for a place