2004 #30 Panera Bread Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates and franchises retail bakery-cafes in the United States. Its retail products include fresh baked goods, soups, salads, custom roasted coffees, and other complementary products. As of December 25, 2007, Panera operated 532 company-owned and 666 franchise-operated bakery-cafes under the Panera Bread, Saint Louis Bread Co., and Paradise Bakery & Cafe names. The company was founded in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co., Inc. and changed its na
I think Panera is pretty much on Starbucks' path with respect to growth. US market is not even close to being saturated, and then there's the untapped international market. I'd love to see SBUX and PNRA eventually merge or SBUX buy them out. I can't imagine a more complementary duo.
The heart of earnings season continues - we'll continue to check out a number of names to get a true guage for how the economy is shaping us. Normally, earnings reports would bring the day to day volatility - now it's simply waking up and opening the stock market that does...
On tap Monday....
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Tuesday brings us....
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With few job opportunities, people are looking at starting up franchises. In fact, I recently talked to someone who said that the upcoming Franchise Expo conference has seen a doubling of registrations.
But according to the Wall Street Journal [a paid publication], there are signs that the credit crunch is taking a toll on franchises.
After all, the upfront costs for a franchise can be significant. Moreover, there are the expenses for upkeep and maintenance.
Some of the franchises that are looking to pull back on expansi...
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says that as consumers try to stretch their dining dollar, Darden, Yum! and McDonald's will benefit.
We all know we are overstored in this country and over-restauranted. There are tons of players -- so many that the competition got too hard. Now they collapse. That Uno might miss a payment, that Bennigan's and S...
Panera Bread (PNRA) and Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) are both favorite places to eat, are reasonable cost places to eat for those who don't want just "fast food" and now have excellent charts. Both look like good purchases for the fund, and I've owned both these over the years in personal account, but I went with the latter - it's a bit more expensive but a higher growth rate and less saturated across the U.S. - but that is really irrelevant - it's all about charts anyhow.
We started Buffalo Wild Wings with a 2.5% stake in the low $38s. Much like the airlines, or any retailer at this point we...
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With few job opportunities, people are looking at starting up franchises. In fact, I recently talked to someone who said that the upcoming 
