Panera Bread is rebuying Au Bon Pain, though for how much remains to be seen. Panera and Au Bon Pain have a long and peculiar history in the restaurant industry. Panera CEO Ron Shaich merged his cookie business (the Cookie Jar) with Au Bon Pain to...
How about some coffee with that bagel? Panera Bread has gone from publicly-traded to private, bought out by JAB Holding Company, the parent company of Caribou Coffee, Peet’s Coffee & Tea and Keurig Green Mountain. Quick-service restaurant (QSR) Panera’s new parent, a Luxembourg-based private equity...
November 09, 2017
Panera Bread is rebuying Au Bon Pain, though for how much remains to be seen. Panera and Au Bon Pain have a long and peculiar history in the restaurant industry. Panera CEO Ron Shaich merged his cookie business (the Cookie Jar) with Au Bon Pain to create the Au Bon Pain Company. In the early 90s, […]
July 19, 2017
How about some coffee with that bagel? Panera Bread has gone from publicly-traded to private, bought out by JAB Holding Company, the parent company of Caribou Coffee, Peet’s Coffee &...
