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Grew out of the Au Bon Pain bakery-café chain and was rebranded as Panera Bread starting in 1997 under Ron Shaich, who positioned it deliberately as a more premium "fast casual" alternative to typical fast food, built around bread baked from scratch, soups, and sit-down café seating.
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