Retail Cafe Chain Au Bon Pain Takes Fresh Approach with SAP

Retail Cafe Chain Au Bon Pain Takes Fresh Approach with SAP

SAP America Inc., a subsidiary of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), today announced that ABP Corporation, doing business as Au Bon Pain, the Boston-based chain of cafés, has selected mySAP™ ERP to build a scalable business process and IT foundation for future growth. Joining a growing number of midsize retailers that are choosing SAP over Oracle to drive competitive advantage, Au Bon Pain will replace multiple enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with the newest release of mySAP ERP to provide accurate, real-time information, end-to-end processes and Web-accessible services to employees and management across cafés and franchisees.

Founded in 1978 at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Au Bon Pain operates more than 200 bakery cafés in the United States and Asia. The SAP rollout will underpin the company’s evolving business model and efforts to foster further growth, adapt to changing market dynamics, enter new markets and outpace larger competitors.

“In today’s environment, food retailers must be able to do more with less and quickly respond to market changes,” said Tim Oliveri, chief financial officer, Au Bon Pain. “SAP has demonstrated a commitment to our business and ability to give Au Bon Pain a holistic view to manage our operations with a solution that fits the resource and deployment requirement of a company of our size. We are confident the single, integrated solution will offer us a leading edge for many years, and provide the platform that supports the future growth of our business.”

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