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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) is cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Panera Bread, the fast-growing bakery-café chain with over six hundred locations in mostly suburban markets across the United States. Panera’s ability to deliver high-quality food... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry
As Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) grew Au Bon Pain and then the Panera Bread Company into the nation’s largest “fast casual” chain, he was also shaping a team of highly skilled restaurant executives. A recent article in the Boston Globe traces the... View Details
- 19 Nov 2020
- News
How Panera’s CEO Learned to Go Against the Grain
Photo courtesy of Panera Bread Photo courtesy of Panera Bread As the CEO of Panera Bread Co, Niren Chaudhary (AMP 191, 2016) was intent on finding ways to make sure the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)
Ron Shaich’s (MBA 1978) first venture, a cookie shop in downtown Boston, evolved into Au Bon Pain. His latest—Panera Cares—allows customers to pay only what they can afford at the popular restaurants he owns, Panera Bread. There’s a box... View Details
- 06 May 2019
- News
Are You Ready for Veggie Fast-Casual?
The founder and former CEO of Panera Bread has a new lease on life. Life Alive, that is. And it’s not a lease—he’s the owner. Ron Shaich (MBA 1978), has tapped his $300 million fund, Act III Holdings, to buy and reimagine a mini-chain of... View Details
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
SHAICH by Julia Hanna Imagine a restaurant that doesn't charge for its food. There's a box for money—and a suggested donation amount—but no one can see what you pay, if you pay anything at all. That's the concept behind Panera Cares, a... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, cosmetics giant Coty, and other consumer brands. Peter Harf was a 2011 recipient of HBS’s Alumni Achievement Award. Harf told the AP that when he and the current Reimann family... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
pass. But Dyson was insistent and he made his case over a four-hour lunch at a Panera Bread café in suburban Boston that has become the spot of all their important meetings. That fateful lunch happened six-and-a-half years ago. Today,... View Details
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- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
"open fare" system; and Panera Bread runs four nonprofit "Panera Cares" locations with PWYW pricing. Oftentimes, businesses use the strategy as a promotion to get new customers, sometimes with a social tie-in for extra... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
included everything from international political conflicts to “an increasingly competitive marketplace.” Most observers assumed this latter challenge was a sign of America’s changing tastes—that the fast-casual, more ingredient- conscious offerings from the likes of... View Details