- On-Trend
R&I tracks significant menu introductions at operations across the country… BEAR ROCK CAFE, multiple locations : Following the footsteps of Richmond Heights, Mo.-based Panera Bread Co., the Cary, N.C.-based chain welcomes pizza to its lineup. Hand-tossed flatbreads, called Pizzeta, offer toppings such as chicken, roasted vegetables and pepperoni (below). BIG ......
- Upper-crust offerings
Where has plain white bread gone? From bagel shops and fast-casual eateries to family dining and clubby steakhouses, many chains have ditched bland loaves in favor of artisan-style breads filled with flavor and character. Their customers quickly are learning a whole new lingo, asking for the likes of ciabatta, ficelle ......
- Recipes for Success
Diners gave Panera Bread the third-highest rating for food quality among major chains in R&I 's Consumers' Choice in Chains survey (trailing only Ruth's Chris Steak House and Benihana), an assessment that has made the 700-store, Richmond Heights, Mo.-based chain popular on Wall Street as well as Main Street. If ......
- Chain Expansion Report
Buffalo Wild Wings, Panera Bread and O'Charley's are among the chain restaurants that announced new development agreements in the previous weeks. Buffalo Wild Wings announced an agreement with New York City-based Four M Capital. The deal calls for the opening of 36 units in metro New York. The first restaurant ......
- Panera Bread to expand in California
Panera Bread Co. today announced an agreement with R & S Bread Group in California.
- Doolin Quits Carlson For La Madeleine
Wally Doolin has left T.G.I. Friday's parent company to head up the 62-unit La Madeleine bakery-cafe chain, which is striving to become a major player in the emerging fast-casual segment.
- Ripco rises to occasion as bread site search
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Few markets can match the New York region when it comes to "making bread", especially the oven variety. Just ask retail leasing specialist Ripco Real Estate Corp., which is cooking up deals at a torrid pace these days for Panera Bread Cafes, one of the hottest restaurant brands in ......