Global Industry: Panera Bread Appoints CEO

Bremerhaven. (bm) Panera Bread Company, part of Luxembourg’s JAB Holding, announced that it has appointed Niren Chaudhary as President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Blaine Hurst who is retiring from his current role effective May 23, 2019. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, the Company counts over 100’000 associates. As of March 26, 2019, currently 2’130 bakery-cafes in 48 U.S. states and in Ontario, Canada, are operating under the «Panera Bread» or «Saint Louis Bread Co.» names. Other topics of the week:

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