- Last Year Rank: 19
- Investment Range: $1,434,566 - $4,651,324
- Initial Investment: $35,000
- Category: Restaurant
Company Description
Panera Bread is an American chain of bakery-café restaurants in the U.S. and Canada offering various soups, salads, sandwiches and baked goods.
The company focuses on using all-natural ingredients and serves food without artificial flavors or preservatives, uses cage-free eggs and was the first national restaurant to display calorie information on menu boards.
Panera Bread has more than 2,000 units and does not sell single-unit franchises, instead focusing on selling market areas. Owned by Luxembourg-based JAB Holding Co., Panera in 2021 was placed, along with JAB-owned Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros. Bagels, under the platform Panera Brands.
The company named Paul Carbone as CEO in March 2025.
Company Statistics
- Global Sales: $5,900,000,000*
- US Units: 2,206
- International Units: 10
- Total Units: 2,216
- Percent Franchised: 50%
- % International Units: 0%
- US Franchised Units: 1,105
- International Franchised Units: 10
- Sales Growth %: -6.3%
- Unit Growth %: 2.0%
*Franchise Times Estimate
