8 Podcast Episodes
Fast Casual Food Pioneer Ron Shaich Explains How to Find a Niche — and then Scale
Fast Casual Food Pioneer Ron Shaich Explains How to Find a Niche — and then Scale
The restaurant business is notoriously competitive and often propelled by passing fads. But, first at the helm of Au Bon... Read more
28 Nov 2023
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30mins
Figuring Out Today What Matters Tomorrow: Ron Shaich founder of Panera Bread
Figuring Out Today What Matters Tomorrow: Ron Shaich founder of Panera Bread
What does success look like in the restaurant industry? For Ron Shaich, it meant driving Panera Bread to outperform both... Read more
10 Aug 2021
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23mins
Panera Bread/Au Bon Pain: Ron Shaich (2018)
Panera Bread/Au Bon Pain: Ron Shaich (2018)
In the early 1980s, Ron Shaich bought a small, struggling Boston bakery chain called Au Bon Pain, and built it out to 25... Read more
10 Feb 2020
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42mins
Panera Founder Ron Shaich Is Preaching Against Short-Term Thinking In Business & Politics
Panera Founder Ron Shaich Is Preaching Against Short-Term Thinking In Business & Politics
Ron Shaich, the founder of Panera Bread, the ultra-successful fast-casual chain, resigned from his CEO job in 2017 and i... Read more
28 Dec 2018
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46mins
Ep. 105 Father Son Gap Year Memories with Michael and Ron Shaich
Ep. 105 Father Son Gap Year Memories with Michael and Ron Shaich
It's Thanksgiving week, so we wanted to bring you an episode that celebrates family. Michael's gap year story is as much... Read more
19 Nov 2018
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46mins
Panera Bread/Au Bon Pain: Ron Shaich
Panera Bread/Au Bon Pain: Ron Shaich
In the early 1980s, Ron Shaich bought a small, struggling Boston bakery chain called Au Bon Pain, and built it out to 25... Read more
30 Apr 2018
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41mins
64 - Ron Shaich, Panera founder: Raise the Minimum Wage, Build for the Long Term, and Other Heresies
64 - Ron Shaich, Panera founder: Raise the Minimum Wage, Build for the Long Term, and Other Heresies
Who doesn't like to eat? Maybe my seven-year-old … he'd rather talk at the table … but the rest of us, when we're hungry... Read more
10 Feb 2018
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53mins
Panera Bread Founder, Ron Shaich, On Making Serious Dough
Panera Bread Founder, Ron Shaich, On Making Serious Dough
As he tells it, Ron Shaich has overseen six iterations of Panera Bread over the last 36 years he’s been running the comp... Read more
23 Jan 2018
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58mins