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Panera Bread closes Newport location

Economic Activity 09/30/2022

NEWPORT – Customers who used to frequent the Panera Bread in Newport will have to look elsewhere for their coffees, Wi-Fi and bagels after...

This dining style is a gas

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NEW SURROUNDINGS: Bahjat Shariff, a former Cumberland-based executive with a Panera Bread franchisee, is now a high-level executive with a fast-casual restaurant chain in Albuquerque, N.M. / COURTESY BAHJAT SHARIFF

Dining Out: Embracing the chile life

Coronavirus 01/08/2021

“Our Hatch green chile is the calamari of New Mexico!” That’s what Bahjat Shariff had to say about the cuisine of his new home in...

Most-read stories on PBN.com, March 2020

Subscriber Only 04/10/2020

1. R.I. executive of Panera Bread franchisee laid off as coronavirus measures take toll on restaurants POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 18. Bahjat Shariff, operating partner...

R.I.-BASED EXECUTIVE Bahjat Shariff says the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry has led him to be laid off by Howley Bread Group, which operates Panara Bread locations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. / COURTESY HOWLEY BREAD GROUP

R.I. executive of Panera Bread franchisee laid off as coronavirus measures...

Coronavirus 03/18/2020

PROVIDENCE – A high-profile executive at a franchisee that operates 28 Panera Bread locations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut has been laid off...