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Panera Ex-Owner Sparks Fight by Allegedly Poaching Tech Trio
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Tensions between Panera Bread Co. and its former owner are rising faster than the dough stuffed into the restaurant chain’s ovens as the two sides bicker over attempts to poach some top information-technology workers.
St. Louis-based Panera and founder Ronald Shaich, who ran the fast-casual chain for more than three decades before selling it in 2017 for $7.5 billion to investment firm JAB Holding Co., have filed dueling lawsuits in Delaware and Missouri.
