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9/17/2013 Panera Bread Company 1. What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the four generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 3 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What specific kind of competitive advantage is Panera Bread trying to achieve? Driving concept: to provide a premium specialty bakery and café experience to urban workers and suburban dwellers. Generic: Broad differentiation strategy. Competitive advantage: striving to build

Panera Bread Company Background The Panera Bread Company began in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co., Inc. Founded by Ron Shaich and Louis Kane, the company thrived along the east coast of the United States and internationally throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s and became the dominant operator within the bakery-café category. In the early 1990’s, Saint Louis Bread company, a chain of 20 bakery-cafes were acquired by the Au Bon Pain Co. Following this purchase, the company redesigned the newly acquired company

Panera Bread l: Executive Summary Company Overview In 1999, the first Panera was founded after having a chain of bakeries along the east coast of the St. Louis area. Panera is a nation-wide food chain that has fast and healthy eating decisions for an affordable price. They offer salads, sandwiches, pastas, and many bakery items. Customers describe Panera as a welcoming environment. Problems While Panera is already an expanding and successful restaurant, they have some flaws. They don’t promote their

Overture: It is night in Haiti, in 1791. Napoleon, the Emperor of France, prevents freedom in Haiti, but Haiti’s enslaved population longs for freedom. In the night, men rise, challenging their bondage. The night has an ominous energy, laced with the nation’s pent-up energy. The sea surrounds Haiti, and the mountains stand out against the night sky. End of Overture Act One Scene One: Inside an Abandoned Sugarmill: At moonrise, enslaved persons of all ages meet in a deserted Sugarmill

about Haiti started my searches on the internet. I went into this trip thinking I knew all about the culture, country, the people and what I could do for them. I quickly found out just how wrong I was. As soon as our flight started descending over Port-Au-Prince Haiti every ounce of knowledge I thought I had vanished. There were fires in the distance and crumbled building as far as I could see. As we exited the airport and once I caught my breath from how hot it was we had a mob of people all over us

On January 12th, 2010, the small country of Haiti was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the city of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas (Haiti earthquake of 2010, 2015). The 30-second disaster was just the beginning of a collection of aftershocks that then struck the country relentlessly for days (Haiti earthquake of 2010, 2015). Many areas were reduced to rubble leaving approximately one million Haitians homeless and 350 000 dead and another 300 000 injured (Haiti earthquake of

Crisis in the Caribbean Just before 5pm on January 12, 2010, a fierce earthquake struck Haiti. It was the worst earthquake to hit the region in two hundred years. The death toll was over two hundred thousand people. Haiti resides in the area of responsibility (AOR) of SOUTHCOM, the Department of Defense’s geographic combatant command for the South American and Caribbean region. Since the natural disaster took place in SOUTHCOM’s AOR, the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff (CJCS) appointed

the continents are part of these plates and are also moving. The cause of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake were the movements of the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates. The 2010 Haiti Earthquake hit about 24 kilometres from it’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The earthquake measured 7.0 in magnitude (on the Richter Scale) and is estimated to be responsible for 50,000 to 100,000 deaths. 80% to 100% of structures in some places/areas of Haiti were destroyed. As the earth ‘quakes’, the ground can

Haiti: A Long Road to Recovery is a research project that focuses on examining Haiti’s struggle to recover from the 2010 7.0 magnitude Earthquake. Some of the contributor’s to Haiti’s lack of ability to recover that I intend to explore include shoddy infrastructure, lack of infectious disease control and lack of access to healthcare, famine, poverty, political corruption and misconduct among government officials and relief organizations. This study will examine Haiti from a historical perspective;

humanitarian relief, there’s never been a situation when such a small country has been the target of such a massive influx of money and assistance in such a short span of time.” (Laurent, 2015) During the disaster following the earthquake that decimated Port-au-Prince, individuals and organizations alike raised money to help fund the relief efforts being undertaken in Haiti. Financial assistance was also provided to Haiti through the reduction of the country’s debt. In the months following the earthquake,