date:Jul 26, 2013
tomer experience needed to deliver against those consumers expectations of Panera.
Beyond comparable sales, franchise-operated sales increased 3.5%, and system-wide comparable net bakery cafe sales rose 3.7%. Panera Bread Co. opened 18 new bakery-cafes in the quarter while franchisees opened 19. The company as a result had 1,708 bakery-cafes open system-wide on June 25.
New products also were a topic of discussion during the conference call. Pasta, which launched nationally in the last two wee