When I’m walking into a Panera Bread , it’s hard for me to remember that I’m not headed into Starbucks. There’s the same wafting aroma of espresso and suburban MILF perfume; the same mellow, snoozy ...

After years of shrinking meals and falling sales, Panera Bread says it's baking some major changes. The fast-casual restaurant chain announced its turnaround plan called "Panera RISE" on Tuesday, Nov.

ST. LOUIS — Panera Brands continues to remake what the traditional bakery-cafe looks like, this time with the debut of an updated Panera Bread urban store format in New York. Designed to cater to the ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panera Bread, a leader and innovator in the fast casual restaurant segment, today announced the opening of its updated urban store format in New York, the newest of several ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panera, a leader and innovator in the fast-casual restaurant segment, today opened the first bakery-cafe featuring its next-generation restaurant design in Ballwin, MO. As ...

A new Panera Bread is under development off West Nine Mile Road in northwestern Pensacola. The restaurant’s building will be 3,500-square feet on a 1.2-acre site that was previously undeveloped. The ...

To improve customer experience, Panera Bread has said it was introducing better ingredients and new drink options to its menu. This, along with plans to hire more staff and upgrade its self-serve ...

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Panera Bread, Ward Bradshaw, Panera Bread. Clarkson N Potter Publishers, $18.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-1-4000-8041-0 If you haven't heard of Panera Bread or come across one in your neighborhood, that's ...