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
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Panera History Panera Bread Company was founded by Ken Rosenthal‚ Ron Shaich and Louis Kane in 1987. Their headquarters is in Sunset Hills‚ Missouri. Panera Bread transitioned into a national restaurant in May 1999. Today they have 2000 stores in more than 40 states and including Canada. In 2014 Panera Bread introduces superior experience for their dine-in and to go clients. The Introduction of new technologies like computerized ordering and payment was called Panera - 2.0. In 2008 Panera
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5 Sep 2014 MGMT 479 Panera Case Study 16 Synopsis: “The Panera Bread legacy began in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co.‚ Inc. Founded by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich a master baker. Corporate headquarters located in Saint Louis‚ Missouri‚ the company prospered throughout the 1980s and 1990s and became the dominant operator within the bakery-cafe category” (Panera Bread‚ 2014). The bakery-café concept capitalized on a confluence of current trends: the welcoming atmosphere of coffee shops‚ the food of sandwich
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Panera Bread XXXXXXXX Stevens-Henager College Management Principles XXXXX Do you want a café in your community that genuinely cares about the people that surrounds their business? If so you would really enjoy Panera Bread in your neighborhood. Panera Bread has established a mission‚ vision and goals for their well-founded business. Panera is part of a movement that strives toward healthier living and eating. Panera has a commitment to their communities that they take very seriously;
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Partial Example #2 for Panera Case part 1 analyis Excludes answers to #3 and 4‚ which were covered in the earlier example Item 1 The company’s mission statement‚ although I think of it more as a slogan‚ is “A loaf of bread in every arm.” The company is on a mission to extend the consumption of their baked products broadly in the areas where they operate. Their strength in this mission comes with their strategic locations in high traffic urban areas. These locations enable them to service
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Jordan Ciaramitaro and Casey Howe Fast Food Analysis Panera Bread Panera Bread is a fast food restaurant where many people go to eat a quick‚ filling meal. Panera appeals to most people because of the amount of options it offers‚ which makes it difficult to be dissatisfied. After choosing foods to use on our good day and our bad day‚ we immediately noticed several differences. For breakfast on the bad day we chose a pecan roll; while on the good day we chose a whole grain bagel with reduced
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changing the way America eats. How did they decide on the bakery café strategy? Did Panera’s leaders seem to follow the six steps of strategic planning? I feel that Ron Shaich and the leaders did follow the six steps of strategic planning because in 1980 Mr.Shaich started his first bakery called the cookie jar‚ and over three decades he merged with Au Bon‚ acquired St. Louis Bread Co.‚ and eventually morphed into Panera Bread (PNRA). In the past five years Panera’s stock has returned 243%‚ making it
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locations. Although there have been talks (amongst Panera Bread) for their corporate and franchise locations (Taylor) of remodeling (Appendix 1)‚ within this report we’ve proposed a plan that will allow their existing stores‚ both corporate and franchise locations‚ to be more attractive and welcoming for reward members and their new customers. As a disclosure‚ all proposed plans will have final approval from appropriate parties from Panera Bread (including Panera’s stakeholders). Although the implementation
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Panera Bread would like to announce a new cyber-café available at all locations. This product has been upgraded to assist the growing desire for a full service Internet accessibility location. A plan consisting of four-phases has been developed to market the new product. Currently most locations provide free wireless Internet access to their customer base. Panera has the biggest free wireless network in the USA. During the peak hours of business the customers’ will have a limit amount of time
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Panera Bread Report First of all‚ this company is doing great. To big changes in strategy should not be done. The question is how to grow. I have put my efforts in finding problems that may occur while growing rapidly‚ and which strategies Panera Bread must concentrate on to manage a sustaining rapid growth without falling in to those potholes. Problems: 1. How to expand sales of evening meals‚ where there is more direct competition in finer dining? 2. The growth plan is very optimistic‚
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