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Developed by Amazon, the technology will make it faster for the St. Louis-based company’s customers to pay as well as give recommendations on what to order based on their order history.

Updated July 18 with deal closing - Panera Bread is no longer a locally-owned company. The $7.5 billion acquisition by European business group J-A-B…

The Maplewood City Council has given final approval for the St. Louis area’s first Tim Hortons.Plans call for the coffee, donut and bakery-style eatery to…

Artificial sweeteners have been controversial for decades. Several studies have attacked sweeteners, especially aspartame used in diet sodas.In June, St.…

The Food and Drug Administration has a plan in the works that may affect your appetite. It wants to ban partially hydrogenated oils -- the major source of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 10, 2013: Panera Bread Co. has stopped offering its "meal of shared responsibility,” an…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 3, 2013 - Three years after Panera Bread launched an innovative social experiment to help feed…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Three years after Panera Bread launched an innovative social experiment to help feed hungry…

It’s not uncommon for companies to have a policy concerning corporate social responsibility. But, do companies have an obligation to help communities? If…

The Panera coffee and sandwich chain is replacing some of its stores with nonprofit versions that allow customers to pay what they want and raise awareness about food insecurity. So far, the stores are paying for themselves.