Panera is a renowned bakery-cafe chain founded by Ken Rosenthal (Kenneth Rosenthal), who passed away recently at the age of 81. Believed to have died on February 14, Rosenthal started the St.Louis ...

ST. LOUIS – Kenneth “Ken” Rosenthal, the founder of Panera Bread, passed away on Friday at the age of 81. Rosenthal passed peacefully at his home surrounded by his family. Rosenthal was a ...

A visit to a San Francisco bakery led to the creation of one of the nation's most successful and ubiquitous restaurant chains and helped usher in the era of fast-casual restaurants. In mid-1980s ...

Panera Bread founder Ken Rosenthal passed away on Friday at the age of 81. He was surrounded by family and leaves behind his wife, Linda “Laya” Rosenthal, and their four children. In 1987 ...

Before Ken Rosenthal opened the bakery-cafe that would become Panera Bread, he was a businessman who didn’t know how to cook eggs. Panera Bread founder and Colorado businessman Ken Rosenthal ...

Panera Bread founder Ken Rosenthal passed away on Friday at the age of 81. He was surrounded by family and leaves behind his wife, Linda "Laya" Rosenthal, and their four children. In 1987 ...