Covelli Enterprises Acquires Eleven Additional Panera Bread Cafes in Dayton
Cleveland, OH (RestaurantNews.com) Warren, Ohio-based Covelli Enterprises, the single largest franchisee of Panera Bread with locations in the five states…
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Unhappy Meal Options: Consumers Losing Taste For Fast Food
A new study conducted by New York-based brand and customer loyalty and engagement consultancy, Brand Keys has shown that demographics…
Panera Bread Announces CFO Departure; Bill Moreton, Executive Vice Chairman and Former CEO, to Serve as Interim CFO
St. Louis, MO (RestaurantNews.com) Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) today announced that Roger Matthews, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial…
Panera, Chipotle, and the Upstarts Nibbling Away at the Restaurant Giants
Fast-food giants and casual sit-down chains alike have trembled for years at the unstoppable rise of the fast-casual restaurants. Unable…
Restaurant News Bites: Panera, Chipotle, Cinnabon, Red Lobster
Panera’s CEO: We Are Changing The Fast Food Industry, Again In the 1980s, Ron Shaich changed the industry by introducing…
Panera Announces 100% Franchisee Commitment to Panera 2.0
St. Louis, MO (RestaurantNews.com) Today, Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) is pleased to announce that 100% of its franchisees have committed…
Panera Bread Issues Comprehensive Food Policy
Intends to Remove Artificial Additives From Bakery-Cafe Food Menu by End of 2016 St. Louis, MO (RestaurantNews.com) Today, Panera Bread…
Panera Bread Reveals Test Bakery
Demonstrates Continued Investment in Baking Innovation St. Louis, MO (RestaurantNews.com) Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA), the restaurant founded on a…
Do fast-food chains have an identity crisis?
Fast-food chains like McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Pizza Hut are regularly testing new items to see if they can eat into…
Panera Unveils Panera 2.0
Enhanced “To Go” and Improved “Eat In” Options Enabled by Technology and Powered by Operational Excellence St. Louis, MO (RestaurantNews.com) …
Restaurant Chain Growth Report 01/07/14
Growing Concepts of Multi Unit Operators Concepts that have grown by at least 5% (if less than 50 units). Santa…
Chipotle, Panera, fast-casual chains continue restaurant reign
The sense of malaise settling over much of the restaurant industry seems to have missed a spot: the still-growing fast-casual…
John Maguire has a plan to save Friendly’s
One afternoon in summer 2012, the new CEO of Friendly’s Ice Cream, John Maguire, got a call from the company’s…
Panera Bread Franchisee Group Signs Deal For 25 Units With The Pizza Studio
“Multi-concept franchisees are the smartest and best operators around.” Samit Varma Los Angeles, CA (RestaurantNews.com) Los Angeles-based fast-casual restaurant, The…
Wait Nearly Over for Pizza Lovers in Charlotte
First area Pie Five Pizza restaurant to open Monday Matthews, NC (RestaurantNews.com) Beginning Monday, the pizza dining experience in Charlotte…
Fast Fine Casual Food? The Continued Blurring of Chain Restaurant Categories
When a prototypical fast food chain like KFC pushes into the realm of “fast casual,” what do terms like “fast…
Panera Suspends Latest Pay-What-You-Can Experiment
Panera Bread’s latest pay-what-you-can experiment will be retooled and brought back next winter as a seasonal offering rather than a…
How a Restaurant With No Cash Registers and No Prices Makes Money
A Panera Cares Café looks just like any one of the other 1600 Panera locations around the United States: the…
Panera Bread Co-CEO Bill Moreton to Transition to Executive Vice Chairman
Intends to Remain Actively Involved in Management of Company; Co-CEO Ron Shaich to Become Sole CEO Again Effective August 1,…
‘Secret’ menus trending in guerrilla fast food war
They don’t exist. They’re secret. Yet, walk into a growing number of fast food restaurants and you’ll be able to…
Great Food & Service Drive Loyalty to Fast-Casual Restaurants; Pei Wei, Culvers, Panera Score Best
In a recent survey of restaurant customers in the United States, when it comes to identifying what drives loyalty for…
Panera Bread Announces Appointment of Roger Matthews as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
St. Louis, MO (RestaurantNews.com) Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) – Ron Shaich, Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer,…