Panera set to hit $1B in digital sales by the end of 2017 Digital ordering ispaying offfor Panera Bread. The soup and sandwich chain is slated to pass $1 billion in annualized digital sales this year, and expects to double that by 2019, the company saidWednesday. "We've gotten here much faster than we forecasted," Blaine Hurst, Panera's president, told CNBC.(CNBC)
Yeah, no crap. Saw a report recently that consumers spend more per order at Panera than any other "fast food" venue. It's the "new thing" I guess. The younger crowds are willing to spend more money on progressive "PC" foodstuffs. https://seekingalpha.com/article/3998262-panera-bread-understands-customers-want
Panera to buy Au Bon Pain http://my.xfinity.com/video/panera-...new?cid=featuredfinance_sf_panera&tab=Finance
PNRA doesn't exist since a month after this thread was started: St. Louis-based Panera (NASDAQ: PNRA) was acquired for $7.5 billion by an investment vehicle of JAB Consumer Fund and JAB Holding Co., the companies said Tuesday. ... Panera's stock was delisted Tuesday. Panera shareholders voted July 11 to approve the $315-per-share buyout. Jul 19, 2017 We could close this thread or move it to the Restaurant section.