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0.5Restaurant
US bakery-cafe chain, taken private from NASDAQ in 2017 by JAB Holding Company (Luxembourg, Reimann family) in a $7.5B deal; hybrid corporate/franchise model
Ownership
Parent company
Panera Bread (JAB Holding Company)
Nationality
US — owned by JAB Holding Company (Luxembourg-based, Reimann family) since 2017, taken private from NASDAQ in a $7.5B deal
Voting control
0% Canadian (exact)
Operating model
mixed
History
Public company (NASDAQ: PNRA) until taken private by JAB Holding Company in 2017
Last verified
2026-09-10