Panera is a renowned bakery-cafe chain founded by Ken Rosenthal (Kenneth Rosenthal), who passed away recently at the age of 81. Believed to have died on February 14, Rosenthal started the St.

Ken Rosenthal and his wife Linda opened the first St. Louis Bread Co. store in the Greentree Shopping Center in Kirkwood in 1987.

Rosenthal’s nephew, Bob Clark, posted a memory of his founding of St. Louis Bread Company on his website on Monday morning. Clark wrote, “In 1984, I started Clayco, which was