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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wow! What a year it is has been… Between opening new stores, acquiring new markets, and relocating and renovating several existing locations, we’ve had a busy 2018 to say the least! One of the most exciting things to happen was the relocation of our very first Panera...
It’s been a little while since I last shared some of my personal thoughts with you all. We have had many exciting things happen within our company over the course of this year! We began a wave of new store openings in our home state...
Imagine you’re walking into Panera Bread to enjoy a breakfast sandwich and an iced coffee on a Saturday morning in late May. As you enter, though, you are halted by a group of middle school girls all dressed in the same organization’s t-shirt. Your first...
When I think about what makes the holidays special, the word “tradition” comes to my mind. We had many family traditions growing up, but one thing we’ve always made a priority each year is giving back. It’s something that has always been a part of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I am a man who has been blessed with a loving family, a great business, fantastic customers, wonderful colleagues and amazing pets who have touched my heart. Yes, I am an animal lover. And so is my whole family. For years, my wife, Caryn, has donated countless...
It was nearly a decade ago that I was invited to the Rich Center for Autism on Youngstown State University’s campus. I receive many invitations to tour local facilities, and I am always touched by the incredible work being done in our communities, but for...
Dennis Evans, another Knight, said it was a few years before 2001 because he, Dove and the other members of their order were at their round table at the Panera Bread Restaurant in Gahanna, Ohio, when they learned of the 911 Disaster....
Volunteers, including Panera associates from the Cincinnati area, packed a whopping 4,500 sacks of food at the Ninth Annual Power Pack-a-thon, on Martin Luther King Day in Cincinnati. The food will benefit chronically hungry children in the Cincinnati area....
As the director of training for Covelli Enterprises/Panera Bread operations in the Cincinnati area, Ken Bloebaum works with hundreds of people each year and travels to the company’s 21 different Panera Bread restaurants in Southwestern Ohio and Northern Kentucky....
We look at many factors when making the decision to buy. We consider such factors as the population and demographics of a region, and the location of the restaurants. But, there’s one other factor that’s critical to our decision-making process and that’s the people who...