Ken Rosenthal and his wife Linda opened the first St. Louis Bread Co. store in the Greentree Shopping Center in Kirkwood in ...

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

Panera is a renowned bakery-cafe chain founded by Ken Rosenthal (Kenneth Rosenthal), who passed away recently at the age of ...

Rosenthal founded St. Louis Bread Company, which later became the nationwide bakery-cafe chain Kenneth “Ken” Rosenthal, who ...

Kenneth "Ken" Rosenthal, founder of St. Louis Bread Company and later Panera Bread, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, ...

THE ARCHIVES: KSDK interview with Ken Rosenthal six months after opening ... Rosenthal is survived by his wife of 55 years, Linda "Laya" Rosenthal; four children, Eric Rosenthal, Carlye (Craig) ...

Kenneth “Ken” Rosenthal, founder of the company that later became known as Panera Bread, has passed away. He was 81.