St. Louis-based bakery-cafe chain Panera Bread Co has posted system-wide comparable sales (excluding specialty bakery-cafes and closed locations) up 5% for the four weeks ended 15 June 2002.

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The breakdown between company-owned and franchised bakery-cafes is as follows:


                                   For the 4 weeks            For the 8 weeks
                                 ended June 15,2002       ended June 15, 2002
    Company-owned                        3.0%                      5.5%
    Franchised                           6.0%                      8.6%
    Total System                         5.0%                      7.5%


Average system-wide weekly sales (excluding specialty bakery-cafes and closed locations) increased 4.8% to US$34,463 for the four weeks ended 15 June 2002, compared to US$32,881 for the four weeks ended 16 June 2001.

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