Panera Bread will open a nonprofit restaurant Monday in Portland where customers can pay what they wish for food
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It’s the third “Panera Cares” community cafe for the company and its first West Coast location.
Panera (PNRA) opened community cafes last year in Clayton, Mo., and Dearborn, Mich. The restaurants are owned and operated by a nonprofit arm of the national restaurant chain, which receives no profit from the business.
I’d avoid opening one in a college town.