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

A few years after it was sold, it became nationally famous under a new name. By Richard Sandomir Ken Rosenthal, who opened a bakery cafe in the St. Louis area, with sourdough bread as its star ...

In 1987, Rosenthal founded St. Louis Bread Company, which later became the nationwide bakery-cafe chain Kenneth “Ken” Rosenthal, who founded the company that later became Panera Bread ...

Ken Rosenthal, founder of the St. Louis Bread Company—later known as Panera Bread—passed away on February 14, 2025, at age 81. His family confirmed his death in an obituary, noting he was ...