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19 Jun Father’s Day Reflections
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 of Ohio, and we acquired several new cafes in Tennessee! We just keep growing! These are the things that make me really excited for the future of our company.
12 Jun Rachel’s Challenge at Panera Bread – What we can all learn from a group of kids
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 thoughts may likely be… what are these kids going to ask me for? How much are they are going to request I donate to their cause?
21 Dec Let our Christmas tradition ring!
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 our family, and something we make sure to continue each year.
27 Jul How far we’ve come with just a simple cookie…
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in Sam Says
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 some reason this trip was extra special for me.
29 Mar Knights of the Round Table Hold Court at Gahanna Panera Bread
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in Sam Says
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.
26 Jan UPDATE: The Power Pack-a-thon was a major success
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.
04 Jan Panera joins Power Pack program to help childhood hunger
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.
04 Jan Welcome Cincinnati!
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in Sam Says
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 are working in those restaurants. We want to be sure that the people will be a strong fit for the culture that we’ve created at Covelli Enterprises.