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

Kenneth “Ken” Rosenthal, who founded the company that later became Panera Bread, died on Friday, Feb. 14. He was 81.

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

The facility at an industrial complex at 1505 Dupont Ave. is closing April 14. Employees will get separation pay and help ...

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

THE ARCHIVES: KSDK interview with Ken Rosenthal six months after ... the Au Bon Pain division to focus on the Bread Co. and renamed the company Panera. Rosenthal, who in the early days would ...

Ken Rosenthal visited a bakery, teeming with sourdough. On that same trip, he encountered other establishments. Cozy eateries with fresh bread, sandwiches, soups and salads. Coffeehouses with an ...

ST. LOUIS — In mid-1980s, on a trip to visit his brother in San Francisco, Ken Rosenthal visited a bakery, teeming with sourdough. On that same trip, he encountered other establishments. Cozy eateries ...