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Buddy Brew Corporate Office

Susan and David Ward decided early on that coffee tasted best when freshly brewed with fresh, roasted beans. During their search to make the best coffee in the world, they purchased a coffee bean roaster and began trying different roasting methods in their garage.

The couple chose the motto “Brew Good, Do Good” and committed themselves to sourcing specialty-grade coffees through direct relationships with farmers, co-ops, and importers. They also use their platform to give back to important causes in their hometown of Tampa.

The company was named for the couple’s faithful dog Buddy.

Today, Buddy Brew has 10 locations in the greater Tampa Bay, Florida, area, as well as a booming e-commerce business, shipping bags of coffee around the globe.

In November 2021, Buddy Brew created a partnership with The Fresh Market to distribute and sell coffee products.

In April of 2021, the company debuted a new cafe inside Armature Works in Tampa Bay.

Buddy Brew maintains a corporate office in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Buddy Brew

Susan and David Ward decided early on that coffee tasted best when freshly brewed with fresh, roasted beans. During their search to make the best coffee in the world, they purchased a coffee bean roaster and began trying different roasting methods in their garage.

The couple chose the motto “Brew Good, Do Good” and committed themselves to sourcing specialty-grade coffees through direct relationships with farmers, co-ops, and importers. They also use their platform to give back to important causes in their hometown of Tampa.

The company was named for the couple’s faithful dog Buddy.

History

Today, Buddy Brew has 10 locations in the greater Tampa Bay, Florida, area, as well as a booming e-commerce business, shipping bags of coffee around the globe.

In November 2021, Buddy Brew created a partnership with The Fresh Market to distribute and sell coffee products.

In April of 2021, the company debuted a new cafe inside Armature Works in Tampa Bay.

Buddy Brew maintains a corporate office in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Panera Bread Corporate Office

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Panera Bread got its start in 1993 when Au Bon Pain purchased the St. Louis Bread Company from its founder, Ken Rosenthal.  In 1999, Au Bon Pain sold its other restaurants and renamed itself to Panera Bread Company, realizing the huge potential of the brand. The name comes from a Latin derivative meaning “bread basket.”

The company offers a wide variety of pastries and baked goods, such as muffins, bagels, and pasta, along with beverages, including tea, frozen smoothies, coffees, and lemonade. Panera Bread 3

Panera was one of the first companies to offer free wifi service, however, due to high demand, the company was forced to cut users time to 30-60 minutes only during peak hours. 

In 2007, the chain purchased 70 stores from Paradise Bakery & Cafe, a Phoenix, AZ, based company. The company is the largest provider of free WiFi service in the country.

In 2008, Panera expanded operations into Canada.

In 2009 and again in 2011, Panera was sued in California for failure to pay overtime and give employees mandated breaks and lunches. The company paid $5 million to settle claims without admitting any wrongdoing.

In 2010, the company moved its headquarters to the Sunset Hills area of St. Louis.

In 2011, the company had $2.7 billion in revenue and almost 50,000 employees.

In 2015, the company announced plans to use 100% cage-free eggs by 2020.

In March 2016, the company opened its 2000th location in Elyria, Ohio. The company has stated that it intends to remove all artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, and preservatives from its “At Home” line of grocery products by the end of 2016.

The company states that in 2016, they had annual revenue of $2.6 billion. That same year, the company was sued when an employee deliberately put peanut butter on a sandwich, even after being told that the customer was allergic to peanuts.

In 2017, subsidiaries that were named Paradise Bakery and Cafe were rebranded to the Panera Bread name.

The company was forced to recall the cream cheese they sell at all locations due to fear of listeria contamination in January 2018.

Panera ramped up its advertising for the new dinner menu in June 2019, in hopes of luring more customers who usually think of the chain only for breakfast or lunch.

After a public outcry, the company announced that they were returning French onion soup to the menu in early January 2020. 

In January 2020, Panera announced a major overhaul to their menu, with at least 50% of their menu items being vegan, as well as using 30% less meat in the remaining menu items.  

Panera Bread was listed in February 2023 as one of the most expensive food chains in the US. 

In October 2023, parents sued Panera after their 21-year-old daughter died within hours of drinking the company’s caffeine-filled drink called Charged Lemonade. 

Panera currently has over 2100 locations in 41 US states and Canada.  The Panera Bread corporate office is still located in St. Louis, Missouri, and locations that are in St Louis still operate under the name St. Louis Bread Company.

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Panera Bread

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Panera Bread got its start in 1993 when Au Bon Pain purchased the St. Louis Bread Company from its founder, Ken Rosenthal.  In 1999, Au Bon Pain sold its other restaurants and renamed itself to Panera Bread Company, realizing the huge potential of the brand. The name comes from a Latin derivative meaning “bread basket.”

The company offers a wide variety of pastries and baked goods, such as muffins, bagels, and pasta, along with beverages, including tea, frozen smoothies, coffees, and lemonade. Panera Bread 3

History

Panera was one of the first companies to offer free wifi service, however, due to high demand, the company was forced to cut users time to 30-60 minutes only during peak hours. 

In 2007, the chain purchased 70 stores from Paradise Bakery & Cafe, a Phoenix, AZ, based company. The company is the largest provider of free WiFi service in the country.

In 2008, Panera expanded operations into Canada.

In 2009 and again in 2011, Panera was sued in California for failure to pay overtime and give employees mandated breaks and lunches. The company paid $5 million to settle claims without admitting any wrongdoing.

In 2010, the company moved its headquarters to the Sunset Hills area of St. Louis.

In 2011, the company had $2.7 billion in revenue and almost 50,000 employees.

In 2015, the company announced plans to use 100% cage-free eggs by 2020.

In March 2016, the company opened its 2000th location in Elyria, Ohio. The company has stated that it intends to remove all artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, and preservatives from its “At Home” line of grocery products by the end of 2016.

The company states that in 2016, they had annual revenue of $2.6 billion. That same year, the company was sued when an employee deliberately put peanut butter on a sandwich, even after being told that the customer was allergic to peanuts.

In 2017, subsidiaries that were named Paradise Bakery and Cafe were rebranded to the Panera Bread name.

The company was forced to recall the cream cheese they sell at all locations due to fear of listeria contamination in January 2018.

Panera ramped up its advertising for the new dinner menu in June 2019, in hopes of luring more customers who usually think of the chain only for breakfast or lunch.

After a public outcry, the company announced that they were returning French onion soup to the menu in early January 2020. 

In January 2020, Panera announced a major overhaul to their menu, with at least 50% of their menu items being vegan, as well as using 30% less meat in the remaining menu items.  

Panera Bread was listed in February 2023 as one of the most expensive food chains in the US. 

In October 2023, parents sued Panera after their 21-year-old daughter died within hours of drinking the company’s caffeine-filled drink called Charged Lemonade. 

Panera currently has over 2100 locations in 41 US states and Canada.  The Panera Bread corporate office is still located in St. Louis, Missouri, and locations that are in St Louis still operate under the name St. Louis Bread Company.

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Wise Bird Cider Corporate Office

Greta Pittard and Tim Wright spent much of their time together enjoying cider from a variety of mills. After taking some cider-making classes and reading a variety of books, the couple decide to open their own cider making company in 2018.

The company makes and sells 8 different varieties of cider, with more recipes on the way. The building makes cider in the back and the front serves as a space for a restaurant.

The company recently hosted an event where they created a mint julip drink with an apple cider base.

Wise Bird Ciders have been very well received by the community and have managed to stay afloat through to-go orders and delivery service through the pandemic of 2020.

Wise Bird Cider maintains a corporate office in Lexington, Kentucky.

Wise Bird Cider

Greta Pittard and Tim Wright spent much of their time together enjoying cider from a variety of mills. After taking some cider-making classes and reading a variety of books, the couple decide to open their own cider making company in 2018.

The company makes and sells 8 different varieties of cider, with more recipes on the way. The building makes cider in the back and the front serves as a space for a restaurant.

The company recently hosted an event where they created a mint julip drink with an apple cider base.

History

Wise Bird Ciders have been very well received by the community and have managed to stay afloat through to-go orders and delivery service through the pandemic of 2020.

Wise Bird Cider maintains a corporate office in Lexington, Kentucky.

Anheuser Busch Corporate Office

In 1852, German American brewer and tavern operator George Schneider opened the Bavarian Brewery in South St. Louis. Schneider expanded the brewery in 1856, but hard economic times forced Schneider to sell, and in 1860, William D’Oench, a local pharmacist, and Eberhard Anheuser, a prosperous German-born soap manufacturer, bought the brewery.

Adolphus Busch married Anheuser’s daughter and when the civil war started in 1861, Busch began working for his father-in-law at the brewery.

Busch had innovative ideas, including pasteurizing beer to keep to fresh longer, used mechanical refrigeration in order to ship beer via the railroad. Expansion of their distribution range caused a large demand for their product.

The company was renamed Anheuser -Busch in 1879. Anheuser died in 1880 and the Busch family controlled the company until it was sold to InBev in 2008.

Today, Anheuser-Busch is the largest brewing company in the world. The company employs over 30,000 people and has 12 breweries in the US alone. The company also operated 10 amusement parks and was the largest amusement park operator until 2009.

Beer sales fell during the coronavirus quarantine in early 2020 but began to increase again in July 2020.

In April 2023, Budweiser signed up trans actor Dylan Mulvaney as a spokesperson and was immediately denounced by right-wing extremists.

The company maintains a corporate office in St. Louis, Missouri, where it has been since 1852.

Anheuser Busch

In 1852, German American brewer and tavern operator George Schneider opened the Bavarian Brewery in South St. Louis. Schneider expanded the brewery in 1856, but hard economic times forced Schneider to sell, and in 1860, William D’Oench, a local pharmacist, and Eberhard Anheuser, a prosperous German-born soap manufacturer, bought the brewery.

Adolphus Busch married Anheuser’s daughter and when the civil war started in 1861, Busch began working for his father-in-law at the brewery.

Busch had innovative ideas, including pasteurizing beer to keep to fresh longer, used mechanical refrigeration in order to ship beer via the railroad. Expansion of their distribution range caused a large demand for their product.

History

The company was renamed Anheuser -Busch in 1879. Anheuser died in 1880 and the Busch family controlled the company until it was sold to InBev in 2008.

Today, Anheuser-Busch is the largest brewing company in the world. The company employs over 30,000 people and has 12 breweries in the US alone. The company also operated 10 amusement parks and was the largest amusement park operator until 2009.

Beer sales fell during the coronavirus quarantine in early 2020 but began to increase again in July 2020.

In April 2023, Budweiser signed up trans actor Dylan Mulvaney as a spokesperson and was immediately denounced by right-wing extremists.

The company maintains a corporate office in St. Louis, Missouri, where it has been since 1852.

Hydrant Corporate Office

After studying biology at Oxford, John Sherwin moved to the US to get some experience in American startup companies. Sherwin was also an athlete, which he says involves being dehydrated much of the time. A combination of Sherwin’s studies and a desire to stay hydrated led to the creation of Hydrant, Inc.

Hydrant is an e-commerce company that offers single-serving packages of flavored powders specially designed to keep people hydrated through electrolytes and salts that the body loses naturally.

Hydrant Rapid Hydration comes in two versions—with or without caffeine— and right now there are four options without caffeine: the original lime, grapefruit and blood orange, or a variety. There are three flavors with caffeine. Hydrant mostly sells through its website and Amazon, but the products are also available at 47 Whole Foods Market stores. It plans to announce new retail partners in the coming months, Kim said.

Hydrant is disrupting the sports drink industry with all-natural ingredients that contains about 80 percent less sugar than the typical sports drink.

In early May 2020, the company raised $5.7 million in Series A funding.

Hydrant has headquarters in New York, New York.

Hydrant

After studying biology at Oxford, John Sherwin moved to the US to get some experience in American startup companies. Sherwin was also an athlete, which he says involves being dehydrated much of the time. A combination of Sherwin’s studies and a desire to stay hydrated led to the creation of Hydrant, Inc.

Hydrant is an e-commerce company that offers single-serving packages of flavored powders specially designed to keep people hydrated through electrolytes and salts that the body loses naturally.

Hydrant Rapid Hydration comes in two versions—with or without caffeine— and right now there are four options without caffeine: the original lime, grapefruit and blood orange, or a variety. There are three flavors with caffeine. Hydrant mostly sells through its website and Amazon, but the products are also available at 47 Whole Foods Market stores. It plans to announce new retail partners in the coming months, Kim said.

History

Hydrant is disrupting the sports drink industry with all-natural ingredients that contains about 80 percent less sugar than the typical sports drink.

In early May 2020, the company raised $5.7 million in Series A funding.

Hydrant has headquarters in New York, New York.