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US restaurant chain Panera to be sold for US$7.5b
Published Thu, Apr 6, 2017 · 09:50 PM
London
A BILLIONAIRE European family agreed on Wednesday to add the Panera restaurant chain to its growing empire of American coffee and food favourites for US$7.5 billion, including debt.
JAB Holding Company, the investment arm of the Reimanns of Germany, who are heirs to the consumer goods company Joh A Benckiser, said that the transaction would be carried out through an investment vehicle known as JAB BV.
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