Au Bon Pain

Au Bon Pain (French: At the Place with the Good Bread) is a fast-casual bakery/cafe chain headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Louis Rapuano and Louis Kane founded Au Bon Pain in 1978. Pavailler contributed baking machinery to the venture.The first Au Bon Pain bakery, established in Boston, became an instant success. By 1984 the first Au Bon Pain cafe outside of Boston opened in New York City.In 1991, the company went public as Au Bon Pain Co. Inc. In 1999 Au Bon Pain Co. Inc. (later renamed Panera Bread Company) sold its Au Bon Pain division to Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. Inc., which then sold it to Compass Group in 2000[1]. (Source: Panera Bread.)
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