A Coffee Empire Grows, as Panera Is Sold to JAB Holding Company - The New York Times
Stephanie Strom and Chad Bray
Shaich, 63, has been looking for a way to reduce his role at the company after spending more than two decades building it up from a tiny foot cookie store in Boston.
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