Panera Bread

Panera picks a franchisee for Canadian development

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 15, 2016

A New Brunswick-based operator of KFCs and Pizza Huts plans to develop the bakery-cafes across Canada.

Leadership

Remembering the year’s lost restaurant luminaries

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 28, 2017

Here are some of the industry standouts who died during the past year, and the legacies they left.

5 questions not to ask at the NRA Show

By Peter Romeo on May 01, 2014

The National Restaurant Association’s May convention is an ideal place to find answers to everyday dilemmas. Here's how to avoid being hissed off the trade-show floor.

Leadership

Ed Doherty makes his own luck

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 14, 2016

Ed Doherty insists his success as a restaurant franchisee is a tale of phenomenal luck, starting with the purchase of his first restaurants in 1985.

Financing

Panera Bread’s sales thrive, thanks to digital

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 03, 2018

In a letter to employees, now-former CEO Ron Shaich details strong improvement.

Wendy’s changes up strategy to attract millennials

May 14, 2014

CEO outlines how the burger chain is aiming to draw a younger crowd with new menu items, digital campaigns and more.

Technology

Consumers' top 5 high-tech LSR ordering systems

By Jackson Lewis on Dec. 28, 2016

Customers rated these five limited-service brands as being the best in integrating tech.

Food

Panera to the FDA: Define 'egg'

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 19, 2018

In a shot to its competitors, Panera petitions the government to improve food transparency around eggs.

Panera Bread connects

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 17, 2014

High-tech enhancements transform Panera Bread into Panera 2.0.

Technology

McDonald’s, Wendy’s and more buy into kiosks—here’s why

By Lauren Hallow on Mar. 09, 2017

Restaurant Business breaks down the plans for kiosk implementation at top chains and checks in with other concepts that already use kiosks, including Panera, to see how the technology is working for them.

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