Shaich‚ CEO and Chairman of Panera Bread Company‚ combined the ingredients and cultivated the leavennign agent that catalyzed the companys phenomenal growth. ** Under Saich’s guidance‚ Paneras total systemwde revenues rose from 350.8 Million in 2000 to 1353.5 million in 2009‚ consisting of 1‚153.3 million from company-owned bakery-café sales‚ 78.4 million from franchise roylalties and fees‚ and 121.9 million from fresh dough sales to ffranchisees. Panera’s shares have outperformed every major
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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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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 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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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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Decision problem: Panera Bread should market themselves as a healthy restaurant choice. Research problem: How does the culture of Panera differ from the culture of Chipotle? 2. Run a search/analysis Trackur concerning your decision problem. Looking at the results that came up on Trackur‚ there were more positive and neutral social media postings rather than negative comments. Many people’s social media comments were all quite similar. Comments included such as: Panera Bread is reliable‚ clean
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basic need of consumers like clothing‚ and shelter. For a company to enter into the food business it has to assess the various segments of this business. These ranges from production of food‚ processing‚ and marketing. The company prior to entering a market in this line of business should assess its capabilities and compare these to the kind of needs of the consumers – would the customer be a processor‚ or a consumer?Is the product that the company can offer a raw material‚ processed food‚ or to serve
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colleagues began developing a strategy for 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
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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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SWOT Strengths Steady Fast growth: Panera is one of the fastest growing chains with sales over $200 million in 2001. According to exhibit 2 (Dess pg. 667) Panera Bread in 2002 ranked with the highest three-year sales growth rates as of June 2004. Panera Bread has about 1‚027 baker-cafes in the United States‚ and is widely recognized for driving the nationwide trend for specialty breads. This is very impressive for this type of fast-casual food industry. Part of exciting market segment: The
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