Panera Bread is an American chain store of bakery-café fast food restaurants with over 2,000 locations, all of which are in the United States and Canada. Its headquarters are in Sunset Hills, Missouri. The company operates as Saint Louis Bread Company in the Greater St. Louis area, where it has over 100 locations.
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Who is the CEO of Panera Bread?
José Alberto Dueñas was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Panera Brands and Panera Bread in May 2023. Panera Brands is one of the world’s largest fast-casual restaurant companies with nearly 4,000 locations in 10 countries and is comprised of Panera Bread, Caribou Coffee, and Einstein Bros Bagels.
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Ron Shaich took a cookie shop in Boston and turned it into a bakery-cafe empire. Restauranteurs Shaich, Louis Kane, and Ken Rosenthal founded Panera Bread, which is now a major heavy hitter among fast-casual restaurants, but the cafes have their roots in Boston and cookies, and St. Louis and sourdough bread.
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