Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) today reported net income of $26 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, for the 13 weeks of the first quarter ended March 30, 2010.
Executives at iFranchise Group, the nation's leading franchise consulting firm, and attorneys from Gray Plant Mooty, one of the premier U.S. law firms specializing in franchise law, believe that now is the right time for restaurant owners to consider expanding their businesses through franchising.