【時報訊】聖路易起家之Panera麵包公司將公司總部遷往聖路易郡Sunset Hills市，總部員工365人一併遷入原來為百威酒廠之辦公室，為Sunset Hills市經濟發展注入強心針。
在聖路易以聖路易麵包公司為名之Panera公司租下位於3630 S. Geyer路，佔地9萬平方呎，原百威酒廠之辦公室，而將原來在Clayton路上,3萬3千呎辦公室和在Brentwood路上,一萬六千呎之辦公室取消。新的辦公室佔地大，據公司總裁Bill Moreton和主席Ron Shaich表示，未來幾年內會陸續將雇用100名以上之員工。
Panera公司計劃以一百八十萬元經費作辦公室整修改善之用，稍早聖路易郡政府同意給予50%減稅，在未來10年將對Panera減收13萬元稅款。
據資料顯示，Panera公司2009年盈餘8千6百萬元，總收入14億元，比去年6千7百萬元和13億元增加，目前Panera全美40個州和加拿大共有1421加連鎖店，分別掛名Panera Bread, Saint. Louis Bread Co.和Paradise Bakery & Cafe。
Panera opens new headquarters in Sunset Hills
Panera Bread Co. plans to celebrate the opening of its new headquarters Friday in Sunset Hills and the relocation of 365 corporate employees there.
Panera, which operates locally as Saint Louis Bread Co., leased 90,000 square feet of office space formerly occupied by Anheuser-Busch at 3630 S. Geyer Road. Panera is vacating 33,000 square feet of space at 6710 Clayton Road in Richmond Heights and 16,000 square feet of space at 1600 S. Brentwood in Brentwood.
The bakery-cafe chain, led by CEO Bill Moreton and Chairman Ron Shaich, has said the extra space will allow the company to grow and add at least 100 more employees over the next couple years.
Panera (NASDAQ: PNRA) is spending $1.8 million on tenant improvements. Earlier this year, St. Louis County officials approved a 50 percent tax abatement for Panera that will total about $130,000 over 10 years. The building is owned by Duke Realty Corp.
For the full year 2009, the company reported a profit of $86 million on revenue of $1.4 billion, up from a profit of $67 million on revenue of $1.3 billion in 2008. As of Sept. 28, Panera has 1,421 bakery-cafes in 40 states and Canada under the names Panera Bread, Saint Louis Bread Co. and Paradise Bakery & Cafe. |
