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title: Krispy Kreme Owner Buying Panera Bread in $7.5B Deal
description: Krispy Kreme's investment company, JAB Holding Co, is purchasing Panera Bread.
image: http://connect.regencycenters.com/hubfs/blog-files/Fountain_Square/PaneraBread_FountainSquare.jpg
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# Krispy Kreme Owner Buying Panera Bread in $7.5B Deal

[Industry News](https://connect.regencycenters.com/blog/author/industry-news)

April 3, 2017

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Donuts and coffee seem like a sweet deal — a $7.5 billion deal to be exact. [Krispy Kreme](http://krispykreme.com/)'s investment company, JAB Holding Co, is purchasing Panera Bread. It also owns Caribou Coffee, Peet's Coffee, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Jacobs Douwe Egberts.

![Exterior of a Panera Bread restaurant at Fountain Square with a drive-thru](http://connect.regencycenters.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-files/Fountain_Square/PaneraBread_FountainSquare.jpg?width=600&height=336&name=PaneraBread_FountainSquare.jpg "PaneraBread_FountainSquare.jpg")*4,592 SF Panera Bread at Regency's [Fountain Square](https://www.regencycenters.com/property/detail/60549/Fountain-Square) in Miami*

Regency Centers currently has 34 Panera Bread and 3 Krispy Kreme locations across the country.

Read more about the transacation [here.](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/05/522709634/krispy-kreme-owner-to-buy-panera-bread-in-7-5-billion-deal)

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