He built a small chain of bakery cafes, with sourdough bread as its star. A few years after it was sold, it became nationally ...

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

Panera Bread founder Ken Rosenthal passed away on Friday at the age of 81. He was surrounded by family and leaves behind his ...

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

Kenneth “Ken” Rosenthal, founder of the company that later became known as Panera Bread, has passed away. He was 81.

Kenneth "Ken" Rosenthal, founder of St. Louis Bread Company and later Panera Bread, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, ...

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 ...

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 ...