ST. LOUIS (AP) – Order a bowl of turkey chili at a St. Louis-area Panera Bread cafe and it'll cost you a penny. Or $5. Or $100. In other words, whatever you decide.

Three years after launching the first of five pay-what-you-want cafes, the suburban St. Louis-based chain on Wednesday quietly began its latest charitable venture that takes the concept on a trial run to all 48 cafes in the St. Louis region.

2. Laurelwood Unplugged Back for Third Season - Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Two years ago, the owners of the Laurelwood Shopping Center wanted to experiment with something unconventional that would serve as a treat for shoppers – a live music concert series.

Thus was born the idea for Laurelwood Unplugged, and that series of early evening shows headlined by all-female acts is back next month for a third season.

3. Secret Sauce - Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Twenty years ago this month, a trio of businessmen opened a new pizza shop in Overton Square.

And one year after Memphis Pizza Cafe opened its doors, Memphians were hungry enough for the business’ signature thin-crust pizza that a second location soon was in order.

4. Events - Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Black Business Association of Memphis will meet Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 8 a.m. at the association’s office, 555 Beale St. Jozelle Booker of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division will discuss what MLGW’s recent disparity study means for minority businesses. Visit bbamemphis.com.

5. Events - Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Orpheum Theatre will present “Anything Goes” Tuesday, Feb. 26, through March 3 at the theater, 203 S. Main St. Visit orpheum-memphis.com or call 525-3000 for showtimes and tickets.

6. Events - Monday, February 25, 2013

Rhodes College will host Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, presenting “A New Vision of Islam in America,” as part of its free Communities in Conversation Series Monday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in the McCallum Ballroom of the Bryan Campus Life Center on campus, 2000 North Parkway. Visit rhodes.edu.

7. Panera Bread Files Business License for Midtown Store - Saturday, February 02, 2013

Panera Bread Co. is moving along with the build-out of its new Midtown location.

The St. Louis-based fast-casual sandwich franchise recently filed for its business license at 1961 Union Ave. with the Shelby County Clerk’s Office. The 4,588-square-foot, freestanding space formerly housed Pizza Hut, which relocated west to the Belvedere Collection shopping center.

8. Panera Bread Files Business License for Midtown Store - Thursday, January 31, 2013

Panera Bread Co. is moving along with the build-out of its new Midtown location.

The St. Louis-based fast-casual sandwich franchise recently filed for its business license at 1961 Union Ave. with the Shelby County Clerk’s Office. The 4,588-square-foot, freestanding space formerly housed Pizza Hut, which relocated west to the Belvedere Collection shopping center.

9. Tech Talk - Tuesday, January 29, 2013

It is a pleasant lunchtime hour on a recent weekday, and a small gathering of technologists has huddled at Panera Bread in the Laurelwood shopping center for their monthly confab.

They’re participants in a recurring series of “Tech Lunches” spearheaded by Brian Swanson. He’s a software developer and the founder of Purple Ant Software, which focuses on Web and desktop software development.

10. Events - Thursday, January 24, 2013

Sales and Marketing Society of the Mid-South will host a roundtable with PeopleCap Advisors principal Meg Thomas Crosby titled “The Growth and Maturity of an Organization” Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 a.m. at Panera Bread, 4530 Poplar Ave., suite 101. Cost in advance is $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers; cost at the door is $20. Visit sms-midsouth.org.

11. Events - Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The Rotary Club of Memphis East will meet Wednesday, Jan. 23, at noon at The Racquet Club of Memphis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. Unified Shelby County School Board Chairman Billy Orgel will speak. Cost is $17. R.S.V.P. to Lee Hughes at lmhughes@bellsouth.net.

12. Restaurants See Plenty of Activity in 2012 - Thursday, January 03, 2013

There were new restaurant openings, expansions and major milestones celebrated.

Alliances were formed, events were debuted and, of course, a few joints were shuttered.

In most respects, 2012 was a banner year for the Memphis food scene, and 2013 could be even more promising, said Patrick Reilly, owner of Majestic Grille and president of the Memphis Restaurant Association.

13. Midtown Momentum - Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Midtown real estate market has long been an anomaly compared to its Bluff City counterparts, with fundamentals as diverse as its demographics.

“The types of real estate that you’ll find in Midtown can be some of the most expensive or some of the most modest when it comes to prices and facility,” said Gary Myers of Gary Myers Co. “Retail in particular.”

14. Olive Garden Owner Shifts Course to Focus on Deals - Monday, December 24, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) – After new ad campaigns touting the quality of its food failed to spark sales, the parent company of Olive Garden and Red Lobster is retooling its strategy to attract diners with more promotional deals.

15. Events - Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The Healthy Memphis Common Table and the Shelby County Health Department will host the Let’s CHANGE Summit Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis, 5959 Park Ave. Let’s CHANGE is a partnership of nearly 40 businesses, government and community organizations dedicated to fighting childhood and family obesity.

16. Events - Thursday, September 27, 2012

Leadership Memphis is accepting applications for its 2013 Grassroots Leadership Program through Saturday, Sept. 29. The program, which teaches leadership skills and techniques to implement community change, includes 11 sessions between October and March. Visit leadershipmemphis.org.

17. Events - Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Memphis Area Transit Authority and Mid-South Food Bank are holding the second annual “Stuff a MATA Bus” food drive Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Poplar Plaza Shopping Center at Poplar Avenue and Highland Street. Call 527-0841 or 722-7136 for a list of the most-needed items.

18. New Panera Underscores Midtown’s ‘Tipping Point’ - Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Panera Bread Co. is coming to one of Midtown’s busiest streets following years of site selection in the area.

19. Events - Friday, July 27, 2012

Small Business Chamber Breakfast Club will meet Friday, July 27, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Panera Bread, 714 N. Germantown Parkway, suite 39. Email smallbusinesschambermemphis@gmail.com.

20. McDonald's Showing Signs of Tear From Economy - Tuesday, July 24, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) – Not even McDonald's Corp. has an iron stomach when it comes to the global economic downturn.

21. Events - Wednesday, June 27, 2012

BIG for Memphis will meet Wednesday, June 27, from 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Phelps Security, 4932 Park Ave. BIG brings together Memphis Police Department colonels and business leaders to curb crime and impact the community. Cost is free. R.S.V.P. to billy.garrett@phelpssecurity.com or 365-9728.

22. Events - Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Greater Memphis Chamber will hold a breakfast forum Thursday, May 24, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. Cost is $30 for members and $35 for nonmembers. Contact Tunga Lee at tlee@memphischamber.com or 543-3571 to register.

23. Outdoor Sounds - Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Summer is nearly here. Partygoers have begun packing rooftops, while shoppers and restaurant diners also are keen on a little musical entertainment to help liven up predictable experiences.

And that means Memphis-based Resource Entertainment Group sees opportunity – literally – high and low.

24. Events - Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Sales and Marketing Society of the Mid-South will hold a roundtable breakfast meeting with Nathan P. Walters of Marsh USA Inc. Thursday, March 29, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at Panera Bread in Laurelwood Shopping Center, 4530 Poplar Ave., suite 101. He will speak on “A Plan to Define, Design and Implement a Prospecting Strategy.” Visit www.sms-midsouth.org to register.

25. Events - Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Talk Shoppe will present the seminar “Mastermind Principle: Based on the Book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill” Wednesday, March 28, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau, 3693 Tyndale Drive. For more information, call Jo Garner at 482-0354.

26. Soul Fish Cafe’s Po Boy True Taste of Memphis - Monday, July 18, 2011

The first in an occasional series, “The Anatomy of a Sandwich.”

Just think, if the Earl of Sandwich had been, say, the Earl of Glastonbury, we’d all be going around saying, “Hey, I’m really in the mood for a peanut butter and jelly glastonbury.” Glad that didn’t happen!

27. Germantown Collection Sells for $7.3M in Foreclosure - Monday, July 04, 2011

7810 Poplar Ave.
Germantown, TN 38138
Sale Amount: $7.3 million

Sale Date: June 23, 2011
Buyer: GA Poplar Avenue Germantown LLC (c/o Principal Real Estate Investors)
Seller: Jason A. Strain, substitute trustee
Original Borrower: CH Realty III/Germantown LLC
Original Lender: Principal Life Insurance Co.
Orig. Loan Amount: $8.7 million
Orig. Loan Date: Oct. 12, 2004

28. Principal Buys G’Town Collection for $7.3 Million - Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The 60,724-square-foot Germantown Collection shopping center that includes tenants such as Chili’s and Panera Bread at the corner of Poplar Avenue and Exeter Road has been bought out of foreclosure.

29. Germantown Collection Center in Foreclosure - Thursday, June 02, 2011

The Germantown Collection shopping center that includes tenants such as Chili’s and Panera Bread at the corner of Poplar Avenue and Exeter Road has been foreclosed.

A first-run foreclosure notice for the 6.1 acre, Class A retail property appears in the Wednesday, June 1, edition of The Daily News and at The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.

30. Ridgeway Trace’s Success Fills ‘Huge Void’ - Monday, May 16, 2011

A dramatic change to the retail landscape in East Memphis began in February of 2005 with one phone call.

Danny Buring, managing partner of The Shopping Center Group, made that call to the owner of the Ridgeway Trace Apartments, located on the southeast corner of Poplar Avenue and Interstate 240.

31. Shopping Soundtrack - Tuesday, April 26, 2011

With the general consumer mood stuck somewhere between grim and cost-conscious, mall owners can’t always rely on window displays and signs that herald bargains to drive traffic to their tenants.

So the owners of Laurelwood Shopping Center in East Memphis are experimenting with something a little unconventional: a live music concert series.

32. Laurelwood Hosts New Concert Series - Monday, April 11, 2011

Starting this month, the Laurelwood shopping center in East Memphis is no longer just the place to go for things like fresh-baked bread at Panera Bread or service from the independent book store Davis-Kidd Booksellers.

33. Events - Thursday, March 17, 2011

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC will present a breakfast seminar titled “Covenants Not To Compete: Managing Restrictions and Expectations,” Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at its office at 165 Madison Ave., 20th floor. For more information or to register, contact Nicolette Thomas at 577-2328 or nthomas@bakerdonelson.com.

34. Events - Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC will partner with the Society for Human Resource Management-Memphis to present a seminar that will cover current legal requirements for employers in Tennessee Wednesday from 7:50 a.m. to noon at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Cost is $75 for SHRM-Memphis members and $150 for nonmembers. For more information or to register, visit www.shrm-memphis.org.

35. Chipotle to Open First Memphis Locale - Friday, November 05, 2010

A Mexican eatery will be the latest tenant to occupy space in one of Memphis’ most populated areas, where it is joining several corporate retail giants.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has leased 2,400 square feet of space in Ridgeway Trace center, 5963 Poplar Ave. It will be Denver-based Chipotle’s first Memphis-area restaurant.

36. Wings Foundation Hosts Fundraiser - Wednesday, September 01, 2010

The “Bet Against Breast Cancer” casino night with celebrity dealers is set for 7 p.m., Sept. 25, at The Memphis Zoo.

Live auction times include a weeklong stay at Grand Isle Resort and Spa in the Bahamas.

37. Two More Tenants Join Ridgeway Trace - Friday, August 13, 2010

Weingarten Realty Investors on Thursday announced the addition of two tenants – Yogurt Mountain and SportClips – to its Ridgeway Trace retail center at Poplar Avenue and Interstate 240.

Yogurt Mountain will lease 1,500 square feet and SportClips will lease 1,125 square feet, officials with Houston-based Weingarten said in a release.

38. Skelton Shares Sales Training at SMS Luncheon - Friday, August 13, 2010

Mike Skelton has been in the sales game for 20 years.

So when he spoke to about 30 people Tuesday afternoon at Panera Bread in East Memphis for a Sales and Marketing Society of the Mid-South luncheon, he knew his audience didn’t want to sit back in their chairs for an hour and listen to a speech about quotas and cold calling.

39. Events - Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Leadership Memphis will launch the 100 Things in 100 Days campaign with a special event Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Buckman Hall Spain Auditorium on the Christian Brothers University campus, 650 East Parkway. Josh Pastner, University of Memphis men’s basketball coach, will speak. For reservations or more information, call 278-0016 or e-mail rsvp@leadershipmemphis.org.

40. Crews Buys Collierville Hampton - Tuesday, May 25, 2010

1280 W. Poplar Ave.
Collierville, TN 38017
Sale Amount: $5.1 Million

Sale Date: May 11, 2010
Buyer: SGR LLC
Seller: Collierville Hotels GP
Loan Amount: $3.8 million
Loan Date: May 11, 2010
Maturity Date: May 11, 2015
Lender: First Citizens National Bank

41. Wings Foundation Lifts Patients Through Cancer Troubles - Thursday, May 20, 2010

There is no single remedy for coping with cancer.

But whatever someone requires, the Wings Cancer Foundation works to provide it free of charge.

Whether a cancer patient needs information on nutrition, explanations of medical terms, tips on handling stress, help with a wig, someone to listen or just a comforting hug, the people at Wings are there to help.

42. Weingarten Files Permits for Ridgeway Trace Pads - Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Houston-based Weingarten Realty has filed building permits with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to construct three structures at its 300,000-square-foot Ridgeway Trace retail development at Poplar Avenue and Interstate 240.

43. Events - Monday, August 31, 2009

Panera Bread will host a special preview of the Germantown Performing Arts Centre’s 2009-2010 season Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at its new location, 7850 Poplar Ave., Suite 2. Collected donations will benefit GPAC. Reservations are due today. For reservations, e-mail rsvppanera@gmail.com.

44. Events - Friday, August 28, 2009

Dr. Buzz Aldrin will discuss and sign his book “Magnificent Desolation” today from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 387 Perkins Road Extended. For more information, call 683-9801.

45. Giving in Tough Times Balancing Act for Companies - Monday, December 29, 2008

CINCINNATI (AP) - She sat patiently in her wheelchair, as scurrying volunteers gathered ham, a turkey, canned goods, bread, and bags of potatoes, apples and pungent onions in a storeroom with sporadic drafts of frigid air from outside.

46. Interface Properties Re-Enters Memphis Market - Tuesday, October 07, 2008

A Florida development company absent from the Memphis market for the past few years is returning to the area with plans to develop outparcels at a Collierville retail center and a Germantown hotel.

47. Panera Bread to Open Cafe on G’Town Parkway - Thursday, June 19, 2008

Richmond Heights, Mo.-based Panera Bread has announced plans to open its first Memphis-area bakery/cafe at 714 N. Germantown Parkway in the Trinity Commons Shopping Center.

This will be the first of 12 cafes slated to open in the Memphis, West Tennessee and North Mississippi regions. Three cafes are scheduled for 2009 opening dates.

48. Panera Bread Plans12 Bakery-Cafes for Memphis - Monday, November 05, 2007
     Richmond Heights, Mo.-based Panera Bread last week announced a new agreement with Delta Dough Inc. to develop bakery-cafes in the Memphis area, including areas of North Mississippi. Under the conditions of the new agreem