Panera currently serves “fresh baked goods‚ including a variety of freshly baked bagels‚ breads‚ muffins‚ scones‚ rolls‚ and sweet goods‚ made-to-order sandwiches on freshly baked breads‚ hearty‚ unique soups and side items‚ freshly prepared and hand-tossed salads‚ and custom roasted coffees and cafe beverages‚ such as hot or cold espresso and cappuccino drinks and smoothies” (Panera Bread Company‚ 2011). This is essentially Panera’s competitive
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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: A Case Study Misti Walker Panera Bread: A Case Study 1 Strategy Panera Bread’s strategy is “to provide a premium specialty bakery and café experience to urban workers and suburban dwellers.” This strategy is most closely aligned with a broad differentiation strategy‚ or being unique in ways that a broad range of consumers find appealing. Prior to taking the Panera concept nationwide‚ the owners performed cross-country market research and concluded that consumers could get excited
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1. What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 1 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Panera Bread trying to achieve? Being a nationally recognized brand and a dominant in restaurant operations in the specialty bakery café segment and to expand broadly in the regional market is Panera’s strategy. And by giving high quality product Panera is following their strategy. Panera’s Competitive
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Synoposis Panera Bread Company is a highly successful fast casual restaurant that has grown drastically even despite the market down trend. One of its best assets is CEO and Chairman‚ Ronald Shaich‚ whose radical and innovative ideas have taught the business world many lessons. When the competition was lowering prices to meet the trend of higher unemployment rates and focusing on making their product cheaper‚ Shaich proposed Panera Bread should raise their prices and cater to the 90% of the
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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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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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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science (Hotel Administration) January‚ 2010 Table of Content 1. Executive summary 4 2. Introduction 5 3. Description of the Panera Bread company 6 4. Strategies being pursued by the company 10 5. Future trends which will have impact on the company 15 6. Future possibilities 17 7. “The way forward” 20 Plagiarism
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Assignment #3 Panera Bread – Company’s Assessment November 9‚ 2014 INDUSTRY - RESTAURANT INDUSTRY (QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS) Muhammad S. Khan (500335915) Yafit Shimoni (500163226) Andrea Stefekova (500170337) Susan Tokhi (500456375) Sushant Rampal (500530630) Ileana Murray (969002450) Introduction The restaurant industry in the U.S. is robust with sales revenue expected to reach $632 billion in 2012‚ with 970‚000 dining establishments. Participants differentiate themselves in the areas of pricing
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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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