Tag: Panera Bread
Sharing a common hospitality thread
Some unrelated stories on the food and dining beat share a common hospitality thread.
The signature month of autumn has become associated with the life-touching...
Panera Bread closes Newport location
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
We have just about every style of dining out available here in our “snack-sized state,” as Food & Wine recently referred to Rhode Island.
Food...
Blount increases cold soup production to meet retailer demand
PBN 2021 Fastest Growing Companies Awards
$75 million and above: 2. Blount Fine Foods Corp.
CEO (or equivalent): Todd Blount, CEO and president
2020 Revenue: $465.3 million
2018...
Dining Out: Embracing the chile life
“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
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. executive of Panera Bread franchisee laid off as coronavirus measures...
PROVIDENCE – A high-profile executive at a franchisee that operates 28 Panera Bread locations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut has been laid off...
Restaurateurs react to R.I. dining room closures
PROVIDENCE – The decision to shut down Rhode Island’s restaurant dining rooms and limit them to takeout, drive-thru and delivery in the wake of...
Shariff receives Ben Mondor Award from NRI Chamber of Commerce
BAHJAT SHARIFF is this year’s recipient of the Ben Mondor Award, which is given by the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce to a...
R.I. restaurants cooking up some good deeds
This time of the year, there is a kindness movement that almost everyone joins. It may be the magic of the season. At the...
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