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bread is the newer name for St. Louis Bread Company outside of the St. Louis area. In 1993, Au Bon Pain Co. purchased the St. Louis Bread Company, which was founded by Ken Rosenthal in 1987. At the same time, the St. Louis Bread Company was renovating its 20 bakery-cafés in the St. Louis area. In May 1999, to expand Panera Bread into a national restaurant, Au Bon Pain Co. sold its other chains, including Au Bon Pain, which is now owned by Compass Group North America. Panera Bread moved into its new headquarters

As consultants for Golden Eagle Inc., we have been given a mission to identify the marketing issues of Sbarro, a private chain of pizzeria that specializes in their well-known product of New York style pizza slices and other Italian-American cuisine meals. We chose Sbarro as our project because people appreciate and love pizza. Nevertheless, we noticed that this brand is “dying” not only in our research on the California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) campus but also at another Sbarro location

March 20, 2014 GBA 490-005 Written Case #2: Panera Bread Company Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………….Page 3 Recommendations and Justification……………………………………..Page 4-5 Appendix…………………………………………………………………..Page 5 External Analysis of Industry Exhibit 1: Economic Characteristics & Driving Forces…………….Page 5 Exhibit 2: PESTEL Analysis……………………………………… .Page 7 Exhibit 3: Five Forces Analysis…………………………………….Page 8 Exhibit 4: Key Success Factors……………………………………

prepared for MG495 Business Policy Instructor Platt Gloria Panhorst January 22, 2015 Panera Bread Company (2010): Still Rising Fortunes? I. Introduction Panera Bread Company got its start when in 1980 Louis Kane and Ronald combined Au Bon Pain and the Cookie Jar bakery to form one company. By combining their individual strengths they were able to work as a team and expand the business, decrease company’s debt and centralize facilities for dough production (Wheelen, Hunger, Hoffman &

As of 2006, Panera Bread was operating nationwide with 1000 locations in 38 states. The freshly-baked bread leader officially established by Au Bon Pain in 1999 has managed to succeed achieving high sales and operating profits, and a 17% increase in the number of outlets. The company’s commitment to serve its customers a delightful meal, in a very amiable environment has led them to the possibility of restructuring their business strategies. This report provides a profound analysis and evaluation

brand-name of Panera’s elder: Au Bon Pain, translates to ‘where good bread is;’ and as it turned out, this tucked away industrial R&D implement was just too good to keep a secret. Hence, throughout the next few years, the fledgling concept-eatery tried its luck with a multitude of Boston area locations; and then in 1981, a young Ronald Shaich, owner of Boston’s new Cookie Jar Bakery got together with Au Bon Pain’s, Louis Kane, and merged the two companies together as the Au Bon Pain Co. Shaich and Kane

2017 Panera Bread Panera Bread was inherited in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co., Inc. established by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich, the company thrived along the east coast in the United States and internationally from the 1980s to the 1990s and became more influential within the bakery-café chains. However, in 1993 Au Bon Pain Co., Inc. acquired Saint Louis Bread company which was a chain of 20 bakery-cafes located in Saint Louis. Au Bon Pain Co., oversaw a complete makeover of all Saint Louis Bread Co

Information, Mission & Vision Statements Panera Bread, originally founded as a bakery named Au Bon Pain Company Inc. was established in 1981 by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich, with locations all over the United States and internationally (Peter and Donnelly, 2013). In 1993 Au Bon Pain purchased Saint Louis Bread Company, chain of bakeries. This expanded their business to 20 more bakeries in St Louis. In 1999 Au Bon Pain Company Inc. was sold and the company was renamed Panera Bread Company, as we still

kitchen bistro called Au Bon Pain Company Inc. in 1981. The organization developed and succeeded through the 1980's and 90's. Saint Louis Bread Company was purchased in 1993 by the association the company already had 20 different locations that covered vast areas of Saint Louis in the first place. Saint Louis Bread Company was at first established by Ken Rosenthal. In May 1999 Panera Bread ventured into a national eatery, Au Bon Pain Co. sold their different chains including Au Bon Pain, which is currently

Introduction This paper will examine whether repeat entrepreneurs search for opportunities differently than entrepreneurs who found only one company. Before examining the case for or against this theory, a brief discussion what makes up an entrepreneur opens this paper. From there it moves into a brief discussion of Howard Stevenson and his importance within the field of study of entrepreneurism. Then the focus turns to a case for or against whether repeat entrepreneurs search for opportunities