This story was originally published on Restaurant Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Restaurant Dive newsletter. Panera announced a strategic initiative intended to grow its systemwide sales to $7 billion by 2028. Panera had roughly $6 billion in systemwide sales as of 2024, based on Technomic estimations as reported by Restaurant Business. The plan, which was announced on Tuesday, is called Panera RISE and focuses on menu refreshes, improving its value proposition, servi ...