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Covelli Enterprises, LLC

Panera Bread Franchisee

(814) 673-8752

PANERA BREAD TO OPEN FOURTHCAFÉ LOCATIONIN ERIE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27TH

500 travel coffee mugs with two weeks of free coffee refills to be given away with the purchase of a menu item!

Erie –October 29, 2018– Panera Bread is pleased to announce the grand opening of their new bakery-café in Harborcreek on Friday, December 27that 6:00 a.m. The new location features a drive-thru and is conveniently located at 4299 N. Buffalo Rd., in the Eastway Plaza.

In celebration of their grand opening, Panera Bread will have special offers for their guests to enjoy from Friday through Sunday. The grand opening offers at the Harborcreek cafe include:

  • Friday, December 27th
  • Starting at 10a.m. on Friday, the first 500 customers who purchase a Panera Bread menu item will receive a free travel mug with free coffee for two weeks. (Dine in only. Mug offer not valid in Drive-Thru.)
  • Purchase a You-Pick-Two and receive a $5 Panera Bread gift card for your next visit.
  • Saturday, December 28th
  • Purchase a You-Pick-Two and receive a $5 Panera Bread gift card for your next visit.
  • Sunday, December 29th
  • Half-price egg soufflés and breakfast sandwiches. (Available until 11am.)

“Panera Bread is thrilled to open a fourth Erie location,” said Sam Covelli, Owner/Operator of Covelli Enterprises, the largest franchisee of Panera Bread. “Over 14 years ago we opened the first Erie café and today we’re continuing to show our gratitude by giving our customers another new location to enjoy our convenient drive-thru,and new exciting menu options that cafés offer,” Covelli concluded.

Panera Bread is honored to support the local community by donating one dollar from every $5 card redeemed from the opening offers back to the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) at Saint Vincent Hospital. Proceeds will support CMN’s car seat program, helping to distribute car seats to families in financial hardship through the Care Coordination department at the hospital. “We could not continue to support those in need without the generosity of corporate partners like Covelli Enterprises and our community,” explained Miranda Grom, director of Children’s Miracle Network at Saint Vincent Hospital.

About Covelli Enterprises and Panera Bread

Covelli Enterprises operates more than 245 Panera Bread bakery-cafés in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida and Ontario, Canada. Headquartered in Warren, Ohio, Covelli Enterprises is the nation's largest franchisee of Panera, LLC. Covelli Enterprises donated over $17 million to charity in 2012 through food and monetary donations to local food banks and non-profit organizations. To learn more about Covelli Enterprises, visit .

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