Panera Bread

'Classy Awards': Nominate The Country's Best In Philanthropic Achievements!

Posted 04.11.2012

The online fundraising platform StayClassy is accepting nominations for its fourth annual "CLASSY Awards." The award ceremony is the largest in the...

More Paneras To Let Customers Name Their Price For A Sandwich

AP | JIM SALTER | Posted 04.24.2012

ST. LOUIS -- Panera Bread is opening at least two more pay-what-you-want cafes as part of its effort to help feed the hungry in a dignified way. Pane...

Are These Really America's Favorite Fast Food Chains?

Posted 02.14.2012

It's pretty easy to say which fast food chain is the biggest. By number of restaurants? Subway. By total revenue? McDonald's. Deciding which is th...

Panera Bread Worker Sues For Racial Bias

AP | By JOE MANDAK | Posted 01.12.2012

PITTSBURGH -- A black man who says racial discrimination forced him to quit working at a Panera Bread restaurant has sued its franchisee, claiming the...

The Good Guys

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.09.2012

Editing a Good News section is often a lesson in the unbeatable buoyancy of the human spirit. Even in the midst of overwhelming negativity, people lik...

Fast Food Lobster Rolls

The Daily Meal | Posted 11.09.2011

The Daily Meal

Lobster is one of those ingredients that you don't expect to see on the menu of a fast food chain -- the health risks associated with shellfish, and t...

Peter Lynch's Fatherly Advice On Investing

Daily Finance | Dawn Kawamoto | Posted 08.17.2011

When you're the daughter of investment guru Peter Lynch, it's kind of hard not to pick up great financial advice from dear old dad, even when he's not...

Lucas Kavner

Major Restaurant Chain Lets Customers Pay What They Can

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.15.2011

Ron Shaich, the founder and chairman of Panera Bread, has sculpted his company into one of the most successful small restaurant chains in the country....

Panera Calls Pay-What-You-Want Location A Success

AP | By JIM SALTER | Posted 07.16.2011

CLAYTON, Mo. -- Rashonda Thornton looked up at the menu on the wall, ordered a Caesar salad and dropped a $10 bill in a box. Pretty generous, consider...

Nonprofit Panera Restaurant Pilot Location: Pay What You Want

AP | CHRISTOPHER LEONARD | Posted 05.25.2011

CLAYTON, Mo. — Panera Bread Co. is asking customers at a new restaurant to pay what they want. The national bakery and restaurant chain launche...

Fast Food Restaurants Go On A Diet

USA Today Via ABC News | Bruce Horovitz | Posted 05.25.2011

For the millions of Americans who entered 2008 a bit flabbier -- and made that perennial resolution to shed poundage -- some of the most familiar eate...