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Inside a pandemic pivot, w/Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary

Rapid Response

English - April 30, 2020 12:58 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
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What do you do when you can’t serve customers in cafes and carry on business as usual? You try unusual things, says Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary. Forced to close cafes and restructure teams, Panera is leveraging its advantages (like a robust e-commerce system) to launch a slew of initiatives, from Panera Grocery to contactless delivery to Together Without Hunger, providing 500,000 meals to food banks across the U.S. It’s not the same Panera, says Chaudhary, but a Panera that will make it into the post-pandemic world.

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