The Howley Bread Group is a Panera Bread franchisee based on the East Coast with several offices in the the Midwest. Howley Bread also provides management services to various Panera cafes, including five legal entities located in half a dozen states. Operation Dough-Nation is just one of Panera/Howley Bread Groups community initiatives in which cafe employees donate leftover Panera products to homeless shelters every evening. FORTUNE magazine named Panera Bread one of the fastest-growing companies in 2010