January 6, 2013
No. 11 Bill Moreton
President, Panera Bread
Looking at 2011's numbers for the ubiquitous soup-and-sandwich lunch hangout, you'd have to say that Moreton is off to a good start as CEO, a role he assumed in May 2010. The former Pottbelly Sandwich Works and Baja Fresh officer saw 2011 numbers successfully kick the bread bowl out of 2010: Revenue was up 18 percent, net income increased 20 percent, and fourthquarter, year-over-year average checks rose 5.7 percent.
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