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Note: Press information available on this site is intended for media seeking information about our family owned and operated locations. Hamra Enterprises is a franchisee of Wendy’s, Panera Bread, Noodles & Company and Holiday Inn Express. Our company headquarters is in Springfield, Missouri with operating units in nine states; Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Tennessee and Texas.

11/11/19 – Ozarks First

Child with autism fulfills dream of being a Wendy’s manager

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/local-news-local-news/child-with-autism-fulfills-dream-of-being-a-wendys-manager/

11/10/19 – Joliet Patch

Panera Bread Hiring As Jefferson St. Site Forges Ahead

3/14/19 – Franchising.com

Missouri-Based Multi-Brand Operator Snaps Up 13 More Panera Bread Locations

3/9/19 – Springfield Business Journal

Hamra Enterprises acquires Panera Bread cafes

3/7/19 – Fast Casual

Missouri Panera franchisee adds 13 locations to porfolio

3/7/19 – Franchising.com

Hamra Enterprises Announces the Acquisition of 13 Panera Bread bakery-cafes located in Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi.

1/7/19 – Biz 417

How Hamra Enterprises’ HERO Fund Helps It’s Employees

10/29/18 – Deerfield Patch

Panera Plans To Move South Into Deerbrook Shopping Center

10/29/18 – Chicago Tribune

Panera Bread moving Deerfield location to new building

10/1/18 | St. Louis FOX 2

Noodles Day Preview with Noodles & Company

5/27/18 | Franchising.com

Family Man: A Way of Life, Not Just a Way of Business

5/10/18 | St. Louis NBC 5

Noodles & Company is the first-casual chain to offer zoodles nationwide

5/10/18 | St. Louis FOX 2

Noodles is the first national fast-casual chain to offer zoodles from coast-to-coast.

4/12/18 – Leisure & Hospitality

Hamra Enterprises is expanding the level of customer service at its Panera Bread and Wendy’s locations.

Mike Hamra, CEO

3/7/18 | St. Louis FOX 2

In partnership with the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) of Greater St. Louis, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for two local children’s hospitals, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

1/8/18 | Northwest Herald

McHenry Arby’s closes, Panera planning to move in

12/20/17 |Chicago Steel

9/15/17 | Greenfield Recorder

Where’s the beef?It’s coming to Athol

7/13/17 | FOX2 9AM Noodles & Co. Mac & Cheese Eating Contest for Backstoppers

3/17/17 | Children’s Miracle Network Hospital – Cox Health

3/11/17 | KTVI St. Louis FOX 2 News – The Thread

Celebrate National Nutrition Month with Noodles & Co.

11/22/16 | KTVI St. Louis FOX 2 News

Noodles & Company Richmond Heights Now Open

5/5/16 | KSDK NBC St. Louis, MO

Here to tell us more and to preview some of the cooking demos you’ll see at the show are Nichole Curry and Chris Holloman from Noodles and Company and special guest, Lillian Holloman.

4/11/16 | KY3 Springfield, MO

In 2015, Wendy’s of Missouri restaurants exceeded our $100,000 goal by raising $101,457.62 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Springfield, MO, Columbia, MO and Kansas City.