78R18073 MMS-D

By:  Smith of Harris                                              H.R. No. 1770



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The fragrant aroma of fresh-baked bread will be 
wafting through a number of communities in the Houston area as 
Rolling Dough, Ltd., proceeds to implement an agreement to open 20 
bakery-cafes under franchise from the Panera Bread Company; and
	WHEREAS, Partners Mark and Monica von Waaden and Ed Toles are 
set to open their first establishment in the summer of 2003; they 
plan to open a second bakery in Sugar Land in August and hope to open 
additional sites in Missouri City and another location before the 
end of the year; thereafter, they expect to open approximately four 
a year over the next four years; and
	WHEREAS, With more than 500 bakery-cafes currently in 
operation, the St. Louis-based Panera Bread Company is one of the 
fastest-growing companies in the food service industry; and
	WHEREAS, Rolling Dough's agreement with Panera Bread 
promises to provide not only a number of inviting cafes in the 
Houston area but also a significant number of jobs; the company will 
have hired approximately 50 people by the time of its first opening 
and anticipates employing about 40 to operate the Sugar Land site; 
and
	WHEREAS, Rolling Dough, Ltd., is poised to become a bright 
spot in the day for many Texans in the Houston vicinity and to 
provide many new jobs in this dynamic metropolitan area; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate Mark and Monica von Waaden and Ed 
Toles on the opening of Rolling Dough Bakery and extend to them 
sincere best wishes for continued success in all their endeavors.