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Panera Bread Aurora Celebrates 10 Years!

On Friday, September 6th, 2013, Panera Bread at 1330 Orchard Road, Aurora is inviting customers to celebrate the bakery-café's tenth anniversary by sharing complimentary coffee or tea from open to close.

"We are very proud of what we have achieved at Aurora," said Mike Zappala, Regional Director of Operations for Chicago Bread, LLC a franchisee of Panera Bread. "We're looking forward to celebrating more anniversaries with our customers and joining them in supporting our local communities."

The coffee is in good company with Panera's breakfast offerings including the roasted turkey and sun-dried tomato pesto breakfast sandwich. True to Panera's tradition, the company's team of culinary experts chose only exceptional quality ingredients – thick slices of antibiotic-free turkey, sun-dried tomato pesto and a freshly cracked egg all grilled on a freshly baked soft roll. The made-to-order sandwich is a delicious culinary combination that can easily be taken on the go or savored over a leisurely breakfast in the bakery-cafe.

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Since the 2003 opening of Panera Bread in Aurora, the bakery-café has been an active participant in the community in which it does business through Panera's national Operation Dough-Nation® programs, including the local Day-End Dough-Nation™ and Community Breadbox™ programs.

At the end of each day, Panera Bread donates all unsold bread and baked goods to local area non-profit organizations as part of its local Day-End Dough-Nation program. Panera Bread in Aurora has donated more than $190,000 worth of unsold bread and baked goods to help people in need for the past ten years.

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As part of the local Community Breadbox program, all cash donations made by customers are donated to the Make-A-Wish® Illinois, a charity that helps grant the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditions. The Aurora bakery-café is raising funds to grant the wish of Carinne, a six year old from North Aurora diagnosed with Acute Lymphatic Leukemia, who wishes to visit Disney World.

 

About Panera Bread:

Chicago Bread, LLC, is Panera Bread franchisee; family owned and operated by Hamra Enterprises, operators of 33 Panera Bread bakery-cafés in the Greater Chicago area. Chicago Bread is committed to Panera Bread's focus on providing customers and employees with high quality sweet and savory products and engaging each of its café neighborhoods through community service, fundraising, and other philanthropic activities. Chicago Bread's bakery-cafes are located in Lake, McHenry, Kane, Kendall, DeKalb and Will counties. Additional information is available on the company's website, www.panera-chicago.com.

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