Panera Bread Company engages in the ownership and franchising of bakery-cafes in the United States. Its bakery-cafes primarily offer baked goods, dough items, custom roasted coffees, cafe beverages, and other complementary products. The company’s bakery-cafes are located in suburban, strip mall, and regional mall locations. It also operates fresh dough facilities, which supply fresh dough items to both company-owned and franchise-operated bakery-cafes. As of February 8, 2007, the company owned and franchised 1,027 bakery-cafes under the Panera Bread and Saint Louis Bread Co. names. Panera Bread was founded in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co., Inc. and changed its name to Panera Bread...