Panera Bread planning to open Licking County location
Aug 28, 2011
Written by
Seth Roy
Advocate Reporter

HEATH -- Panera Bread is coming to Licking County, but a spokesman couldn't confirm exactly where Friday.
"We're looking at so many locations down there. I don't know the exact physical presence or space," said Allen Ryan, with Warren-based Panera franchisee Covelli Enterprises. "I don't even think there's been a lease executed yet."
The company, which owns more than 200 Panera restaurants, is planning to open a number of new restaurants in and around Columbus.
"Our belief is that there's room for another 20 or 25 locations in central Ohio," Ryan said.






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