Financing
Panera Brands will go public, with an assist from Danny Meyer
Meyer will invest in the owner of Panera Bread, Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros., and his USHG Acquisition Corp. will become a "cornerstone partner" of the company.
Operations
Panera makes a bold climate-change pledge
The fast casual set the goal of becoming “climate positive”—removing more carbon from the environment than it emits—by 2050.