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Article: Jay's Foods rolls with punch from losing Panera; Restaurant chain totaled 10% of chip maker's business
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 11, 2007
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Jay's Foods Inc. probably will adapt to the loss of Panera
Bread's restaurant business without significant job cuts, management
of the Chicago snack maker said Tuesday.
Jay's had provided its Krunchers! kettle chips to Panera before
the restaurant chain's recent decision to market its own brand of
kettle-style chips, which it offers as a side choice with each
sandwich or salad purchase. Denver-based Condor Snack Co. now has
the Panera chips business. Panera operates 1,027 bakery-cafes in 38
states.
The Panera contract accounted for about 50 percent of Jay's small-
bag business, which is less than 10 percent of all Jay's sales. So,
the impact on jobs won't be deep, said Kris Malkoski, ...