Panera Bread Links up with ezCater on Workplace Catering
One of the biggest workday lunch brands, Panera Bread, has partnered with ezCater to bring its soups, salads and sandwiches to the corporate food marketplace. The partnership combines ezCater’s reach in the food-for-work category with Panera’s early universal brand...
Presto Goes Public in SPAC Deal with Vow to Automate More Restaurants
Presto Automation has merged with shell company Ventoux to go public in one of the few successful SPAC deals in recent months, raising about $120 million from the public as well as a strategic investment from Cleveland Avenue and others and an infusion from...
Panera, Aramark Discuss Harnessing Customer Data
In a conversation on day two of the Food On Demand Conference, executives from Panera Bread, Aramark, Foodservice Results and IFBTA discussed properly utilizing customer data, marketing and how to prepare for the future of the foodservice industry. For Chris...
Panera Expands Delivery to DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats
With delivery reportedly accounting for 7 percent of Panera Bread’s sales—handled in-house by its own drivers—the fast-casual, soup-and-sandwich chain announced it’s expanding its delivery program to include DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats. Panera’s own employees will...
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