Panera Bread Company (2010): Still Rising Fortunes? Synopsis At the time when Panera was built, the fast-food industry was characterized as highlighting low-grade burgers, greasy fries, and sugared colas. Shaich chose to create an informal but comfortable place where consumers could eat fresh-baked artisan breads, sandwiches, and salads without bothering about either it was healthy or not. Panera Bread Company assists as a retail bakery/café restaurant. In 1993, Au Bon Pain Company acquired St
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Panera Bread Case Study MGMT 1/30/16 Synopsis Panera Bread is a company well known for their healthy, sophisticated, all natural breads and sandwiches. The restaurant focused on the consumer that was tired of the everyday burger and fries that other fast food restaurants relied upon for majority of their sales. Customers gladly paid well over five dollars a sandwich for that homemade taste that Panera was known for and built their reputation upon. Panera Bread strives for excellence
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Imagine by John Lennon Joel F. Doan Martin Davis ENG-242 Tuesday, March 27, 2012 I have read and understand the plagiarism policy as outlined in the syllabus and the sections in the Student Catalog relating to the IWU Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement to the title page of my paper, I certify that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper, I understand
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“Mary! Come down!” I ran down to the kitchen and was immediately greeted by the smell of authentic Chinese food . My stomach was growling and all i wanted to do was to dive in. The table was filled with a variety of meat dishes, stir-fried vegetables, noodles, rice and desserts. I was about to devour them all but mom stopped me.“No..no…no. You have to wait.Today is very special day. Aunt Lily from China and Aunt Carrie from US will come visit us. Go back up and make yourself look nice.” I sighed
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Running head: PANERA BREAD CASE ANALYSIS Panera Bread Case Analysis LaToya Melvin Davenport University BUSN 520 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 LITERATURE REVIEW Synopsis of the Situation 4 Key Issues 4 Define the Problem & the Opportunity 6 Alternative Solutions 6 Selected Solution 7 Implementation/Recommendations 7 CONCLUSIONS
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Panera Bread Case 1. What is Panera’s Strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies most closely fits the competitive approach that Panera is taking? What type of competitive advantage is Panera trying to achieve? Panera Bread’s strategy is to provide a premium specialty bakery and café experience to urban workers and suburban dwellers. As well as to create a specialty café anchored by an authentic, fresh-dough artisan bakery and upscale quick-service menu selections. Broad Differentiation
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Panera Bread Co. Have you ever wondered how to start a bakery chain? Well, Ron Shaich, co-founder of Panera Bread Co., started the business while in college. Based on an interview conducted by Colleen Debaise, Shaich was thrown out of a convenience store in the 1970s. He opened a rival shop on the campus of Clark University, where he attended college. After college, Shaich opened a cookie shop in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. (Debaise, 2011) Shaich has thousands of bakers who help make Panera
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transferring satisfaction from the employee to the loyal customer. Panera Bread was established in 1981 by Ron Shaich and as of September 2011 was operating 1,504 company-owned and franchised-operated bakery-cafes in 40 states and Ontario Canada. Originally known as Au bon Pain Company, a competitor was purchased in 1993, Saint Louis Bread, and the name was ultimately renamed Panera Bread in 1999. Their Mission was “A loaf of bread in every arm. Panera Bread’s success spread from East to West with another
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318-06 April 3, 2011 Case 1 – Panera Bread Company 1. What do you describe as Panera’s purpose, mission, and strategy? As stated on Panera Bread official website “a loaf of bread in every arm” is its mission statement. From the mission statement, I can assume a friendly, fun and confident strategy being in use. The article mentions that Panera wants to satisfy customers, probably enough to get all customers in the store to purchase a loaf of bread! 2. How well has Ron Shaich utilized
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King, the usual fast food places but their is a small shopping center with an eye-catching sign. It has a small restaurant in there. Panera Bread tries to sell their idea of fine dining to the middle and upper classes through the classy menu, unique music, and earthy neutral set up. From a fast moving business worker to a family wanting dinner, Panera Bread provides the perfect experience. It is located in a quiet, semi-empty shopping center. Customers first problem starts with parking. Panera has
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