Assignment:
Please answer the following thee questions (type your responses below the questions):
1. What are the primary components of Panera Bread's value chain?
2. What is Panera Bread's strategy?
Which of the five generic strategies discussed in chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach of Panera?
What type of competitive advantage is Panera trying to achieve?
3. Based on the information in case Exhibit 3, which fast-casual and full-service restaurant chains appear to be Panera's closest rivals?