Panera Bread is an American bakery cafe fast casual restaurant chain that grew out of the St. Louis Bread Company, established in 1987 by Ken and Linda Rosenthal and rebranded as Panera Bread in 1997 under Louis Kane and Ronald Shaich. Headquartered in Fenton, Missouri, the chain operates more than 2,000 locations across the United States and Canada, serving pastries, sandwiches, salads and soups, and it has been owned by JAB Holding Company since a 7.5 billion dollar acquisition in 2017. Panera was also known for a period as the largest provider of free Wi-Fi hotspots in the United States.
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Panera Cares pay-what-you-can cafe program ran 2010-2019, since closed; the historical instance is the attested fact.
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1. Wikipedia, Panera Bread
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About 140,000
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Private
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St. Louis Bread Co.: 1987 Kirkwood, Missouri, U.S. Panera Bread: 1997 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
View the Source 2. Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF): GLEIF record for Panera Bread Company
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"status": "ACTIVE"
Wikidata: Panera Bread
Wikidata Q7130852, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Panera Bread
WikidataOperates In: Fast Food Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)Quote, Operates In: Fast Food Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q81799, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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