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 Bread Company Case * Student: -Miguel Etchebarne Question 1 What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Panera Bread trying to achieve? -Panera strategy was to make great bread broadly available to consumers across the United States. They have an attractive menu and the dinning ambience of his bakery-cafés
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Green Panera Bread - Case Analysis June 10‚ 2010 Overview Panera Bread‚ also called St. Louis Bread Company was founded in 1981. Rated high as a bakery-café restaurant‚ they serve a variety of breads‚ soups‚ and salads. Panera is considered a “quick casual” restaurant offering sit-down dining and catering services. Panera Bread is now a publicly traded company with over 70 locations in 10 states and Company highlights include: * As reported by The Wall Street Journal‚ Panera Bread
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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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Overview Panera Bread is ready for an epochal change in American eating habits. The company is a leader in the quick-casual restaurant business with more than 1‚027 bakery-cafes in 36 states. Its locations‚ which operate under the Panera and Saint Louis Bread Company banners‚ offer made-to-order sandwiches built using a variety of artisan breads‚ including Asiago cheese bread‚ focaccia‚ and its classic sourdough bread. Its menu also features soups‚ salads‚ and gourmet coffees. In addition
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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 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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Making the Dough at Panera Bread Company Terri Wilson John Totherow Rebecca Hall March 3‚ 2013 Executive Summary Repetti and Vincelette (2005) found that Panera Bread Company “Panera” opened 419 new bakery-café stores from the initial unit expansion beginning in 1999 through 2003 as system-wide revenues increased (p. 29-1). Annualized unit volumes and system-wide comparable sales percentages declined each year since 2003 indicating a decrease in company growth and narrowing profit-margin
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ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 1. What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Panera Bread trying to achieve? Panera Bread is a company with distinctive and effective concept and strategy which has given them a competitive advantage over its competitors in the submarket industry. Panera Bread’s strategy includes providing specialty bakery
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Panera Bread Company 0. INTRODUCTION The Panera Bread legacy began in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co.‚ Inc. Founded by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich‚ the company prospered along the east coast of the United States and internationally throughout the 1980s and 1990s and became the dominant operator within the bakery-cafe category. In 1993‚ Au Bon Pain Co.‚ Inc. purchased Saint Louis Bread Company‚ a chain of 20 bakery-cafes located in the St. Louis area. The company then managed a comprehensive re-staging
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