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    Panera Bread Case Study

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    Panera Bread was founded 1981 and is headquartered in Missouri, US. The company owns, operates, and franchises retail bakery-cafés. Panera is considered a part of the fast food industry, which is food that can be prepared quickly and easily and is sold in restaurants and snack bars as a quick meal or to be taken out. It serves nearly 8.3 million customers per week. As of December 2015, the company operates 901 company owned bakery-cafés and 1,071 franchise-operated bakery-cafés in the US and Canada

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    Panera Bread Company is the widely acclaimed bakery/café, which operates in the fast casual food restaurant industry. It was originally founded in 1981 by Louis Kane and Ron Schaich, as Au Bon Pain Company with several chains. In 1993, Au Bon Pain Company purchased Saint Louis Bread Company, which is located in St. Louis Area. In 1999, the founders sold Au Bon Pain Company and renamed it as Panera Bread. Currently, the company owns 1,845 franchise stores in 45 states in United States and in Ontario

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    Five Guys is a fast casual restaurant chain that originated in Arlington, Virginia[->0] within the Washington Metropolitan Area[->1]. The chain sells mainly hamburgers[->2], hot dogs[->3] and French Fries[->4]. Five Guys enterprises has grown from a single family owned restaurant to a franchise with 450 locations in thirty states. Five Guys opened its doors to Arlington, Virginia in 1986. The restaurant was started by four brothers who were given the choice to start a business or go to college

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    for quick service, the most notable substitute would be any of the many fast-food restaurants available. Second would the option of a sit-down restaurant. Also, a final substitute would be the option for consumers to purchase food from a grocery store and eat at home. The fast-food restaurants that would most likely serve as substitutes would be places like Burger King, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Wendy’s. These restaurants offer relatively inexpensive food like Jimmy John’s, and also cater to

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    Randall Lewis Professor Doucette MGMT 479 07 November 2016 Synopsis Panera is said to be the benchmark of a relatively newfangled restaurant segment titled fast casual. Nevertheless, the effective origin of this unbeatable amalgamation of organizations and concepts humbly embarked on the scene way back in the mid 1970’s, as an oven manufacturing firm’s demonstration bakery (Wheelen 16-2). The French-based brand-name of Panera’s elder: Au Bon Pain, translates to ‘where good bread is;’

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    Case Study Cafe De Coral

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    Café de Coral Group is main operating a chain of fast-food catering business when it has set up, It set up on 1968 and it appear on the Hong Kong Stock Market on 1989. Café de Coral is famous in Hong Kong because fast-food culture is popular. It is attract people to go Café de Coral to eat. Café de Coral Group in addition to operating fast-food catering business, it has operated specialty restaurants, fast casual restaurants, catering for institutions and central food processing in Hong Kong. It

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    Integrity means doing the right thing even when no one is watching and that is a golden phrase that I have been taught ever since very young so by us using integrity at Chipotle as our philosophy, I believe, puts us in a golden position as a company. The interesting part is also that the founder of Chipotle, Steve Ells, enjoyed cooking shows over cartoons when young. Then after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America of New York, and enjoying burritos from taco places decided he could do

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    In 1993, AU Bon Pain Company purchased the Saint Louis Bread Company. In 1995, top management at Au Bon Pain instituted a comprehensive overhaul of the newly-acquired Saint Louis Bread locations. The overhaul included altering the menu and the dining atmosphere. The vision was to create a specialty cafe anchored by an authentic, fresh-dough artisan bakery and upscale quick-service menu selections. This acquisition proved successful for Au Bon Pain. Between 1993 and 1997, average unit volumes at the

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    undoubtedly make a decision to buy their products or go to someone else. This fact makes creating a well thought-out website dire to the growth of a company. In my paper I expect to explore a fortune 500 company that has a huge influence in the restaurant business. We all have heard of this company, and in many cases have visited it from time to time. I for one have actually worked for this company for a number of years. My job

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    Essay Panera: A Competitive Plan For Success

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    envelop you. Every detail has been carefully coordinated to ensure a high quality dining experience at a reasonable price. This sophisticated concept for Panera began when a cookie company and a fast casual restaurant, called Au Bon Pain, synergized their efforts and found a propitious niche between fast food and fine dining (Repetti & Vincelette, 2005). By 2003, the company was able to generate significant revenues through company-owned stores, through the sale of fresh dough to franchisees, and

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