Founded in 1873, Barnes & Noble is one of the largest booksellers in the United States and a Fortune 500 company. The company maintains more than 800 bookstores throughout the country. It operates an online channel that offers an option for the in-stock selection of in-print book titles. Barnes & Noble serves more than 8 million customers per year. In addition, the company attends over 4,000 customer service requests per day. It sells nearly 300 million books per year and is known to be one of the largest coffeehouses in the U.S. Barnes & Noble has publishing and distribution rights for more than 10,000 titles. In addition, the company hosts over 100,000 community events in the U.S. Maintaining a location in Charleston, S.C., Barnes & Noble s stores also carry a collection of videos, DVDs, CDs and magazines.
Panera Bread, originally established by the Au Bon Pain Company, was started in 1981. The company operates more than 350 company-owned and nearly 700 franchised bakeries and cafes in over 35 U.S. states. Its bakery menu features a variety of baked breads and egg souffl s, bagels, and pastries and sweets. The company s caf menu includes different varieties of sandwiches, soups, hand-tossed salads and a selection of beverages. The company also offers a special children s menu and provides catering services for offices meetings and other occasions. Its staff helps customers make menu selections, choose between assortments of boxed meals, determine appropriate order quantities and coordinate delivery. Panera Bread s bakeries and cafes showcase the art of bread making to help customers appreciate and study its craft. The company supports various community organizations and provides donations to silent auctions, runs and walks, and trivia nights and raffles. It also conducts the Operation Dough-Nation programs that include activities, such as Community Breadbox cash collection boxes, the Day-End Dough-Nation program, Panera Card fundraising and participation in community events.
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Barnes & Noble Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the worlds largest booksellers and one of the highest-rated bookselling brands in the United States. The company is a content, commerce and technology company that provides customers access to books, magazines, newspapers and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform. It operates about 717 retail bookstores in regional shopping malls, major strip centers and freestanding locations in 50 states. In addition, Barnes & Noble Inc. has around 637 college bookstores serving nearly four million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States.
Barnes & Noble carries the latest titles in fiction and non-fiction, literary classics, textbooks, children's books and books on the arts. Barnes & Noble also carries its own Nook e-reader, and features in-store readings and a cafe.
