Case Brief Panera Bread Context Panera Bread is a chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants in the United States that started out as Au Bon Pain Company in 1981 and was founded by Louis Kane and Ron Saich. The locations were mostly malls‚ shopping centers‚ etc. In 1993 APB purchased St. Louis Bread Co giving them 20 additional locations. During 1994 and 1995 market research concluded a need for quality dining which was fresh and fast. St. Louis locations went through major overhaul with
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Panera Bread What do most people think of when the words “fast food” come to mind? The first thing that pops into a person’s brain are restaurants such as McDonald’s‚ Wendy’s‚ and so on. All of those places sell foods that are high in calories‚ sodium‚ fat‚ and sugar. When the restaurant Panera is mentioned‚ people usually think about how they have healthy food options and would never be considered a fast food restaurant. Panera Bread‚ is a popular American bakery and café chain. It is known for
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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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The Strategic Management Model: Businesses vary in the processes they use to formulate and direct their strategic management activities. Sophisticated planners‚ such as General Electric‚ Procter & Gamble‚ and IBM‚ have developed more detailed processes than less formal planners of similar size. Small businesses that rely on the strategy formulation skills and limited time of an entrepreneur typically exhibit more basic planning concerns than those of larger firms in their industries. Understandably
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debt-asset ratio | 16.67 | 35.86 | 28.68 | 35.58 | 36.23 | Debt to equity ratio | 21.5 | 56.16 | 40.22 | 55.23 | 56.82 | Longterm debt to capital ratio | 0.172 | 0.215 | | | | From the end of fiscal 2002 through the end of fiscal 2011‚ Panera Bread company (PBC)’s net revenues grew from 282225
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my hand and looking both ways before she drug me across the street. "You’re gonna pull my arm out of it’s socket if you keep going!" I giggled slightly and she laughed. "Sorry." She let my arm go and we walked into Panera Bread to grab ourselves dinner. "Hi! Welcome to Panera Bread‚ only two?" The hostess looked at us both and I gave her a warm smile‚ nodding my head. She smiled‚ grabbing two menu’s and walking us to a table outside. I grinned‚ hoping she would let us sit outside. It was a nice
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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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organization that I work for. I did this primarily for two reasons: to learn about the mission statement and operations strategy of another company and to apply the quality improvement concepts to a completely new operation’s environment. I chose The Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA). That is the place I have been studying for the last year where I could observe how they operate. During this time‚ I have seen several areas that could be improved. For this assignment I chose one in particular that has
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Panera Bread Company-2010 Strategic Audit I. Current Situation: A. Current Performance Healthy financial position: company experiencing growth without debts‚ increased revenue‚ increased earnings per share. Higher operating cost‚ small revenue compared to competitors Increased price per share Total company revenue increased by 4.2% Hoover Europe still showing losses. Net Income increased by 27.6% 55 net new Bakery cafes opened Highest sales revenue among the fast-Casual Chain Restaurants
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