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FAQs

Why is the bread at Panera so good? ›

We use grains intentionally to impart flavor and texture — such as spelt, rye and oats. We include flavorings like black pepper or asiago cheese to make our focaccia breads irresistible. We also rely on time-honored techniques, like using our sourdough starter, which we believe makes our breads taste better.

Each day our trained bakers fill our bakery shelves with delicious freshly baked cookies, pastries, bagels, and a range of breads from focaccia to classic baguettes. We believe in serving delicious, freshly prepared, Clean food made with carefully selected ingredients that we are proud to serve our own families.

All That Delicious Bread is Baked Fresh Daily

Panera employs over 6,000 bakers who make more than 250 million bagels and 50 million baguettes each year. Every night, fresh dough is delivered to all Panera locations from Fresh Dough Facilities across the country. So their bread is about as fresh as it gets.

Day-End Dough-Nation® Program

We care for our communities by donating to charities dedicated to feeding our neighbors in need. That's why our bakery-cafes donate their unsold bread, bagels, and baked goods to local non-profits at the end of the night through our Day-End Dough-Nation program.

Panera Bread is itself owned by JAB Holding Company, which is, in turn, owned by the Reimann family of Germany.

The unhealthiest lunch order at Panera is…the new Bacon Mac and Cheese Bread Bowl. At Panera, you can order any of the soups or mac and cheese in a bread bowl, which is a bowl made entirely of Panera's Artisinal Sourdough Bread.

Is Panera really healthier than McDonald's? ​A new study has found that meals served at fast-casual restaurants such as Panera Bread Co. and Chipotle Mexican Grill, which are often perceived as healthier options, contain more calories than meals at fast-food restaurants like McDonald's.

Breads: The bread with the fewest calories is the whole grain miche with 130 per serving. Other good choices are the whole grain baguette or whole grain loaf with 140 calories (each option also has 3 grams of fiber per serving).

That's why we donate our unsold baked goods to local non-profits at the end of the night through our Day-End Dough-Nation® program. We partner with over 3,300 charities nationwide, including food pantries, veteran services and youth shelters, to provide bread and bakery items to those in need and to reduce food waste.

In 2017, Panera Bread was acquired by JAB Holding Company -- an investment group that apparently really likes bread, coffee, and tea. Before acquiring Panera, it had already built a portfolio of restaurant brands, including Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (DNUT -0.65%), Peet's Coffee and Tea, Einstein Bros. Bagels, and more.

How do you get $1 soup at Panera? ›

For a limited time, customers can add a $1 cup of soup to any entrée purchase on the Panera app by using the code SOUP. The deal is good at participating locations. The fast-casual chain also announced on Wednesday the release of its two new Sourdough Melts: the Bacon Avocado Melt and the Southwest Chicken Melt.

The investment firm that owns Krispy Kreme, Caribou Coffee and other enterprises, is purchasing the Panera Bread Co. for $315 per share in cash — a premium of roughly 30 percent over its recent average trading price. The deal with JAB Holding Co. is valued at around $7.5 billion, Panera said Wednesday.

Saint Louis Bread Company was renamed Panera to position it for national growth.

We aim to craft food that our guests not only crave but can also feel great about eating because of the high-quality ingredients. We believe good food is generous to all: our guests, associates, supply partners, and the planet.

That Soup Isn't Made In-House

It may taste homemade, but that Panera soup wasn't actually prepared by the workers at your local shop. "The soups are made at a factory/plant/etc., flash-frozen, shipped to us, and we thaw it out in what's called a thermalizer, essentially a soup-thawer," says one former employee.

Detailed Ingredients

Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Yeast, Brown Sugar, Contains Less Than 2% of: Soybean and / or Canola Oil, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Cultured Wheat Flour, Lactic Acid, Vinegar, Enzymes, Ascorbic Acid, Soy Lecithin.

Detailed Ingredients

Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Whole Wheat Flour, Contains less than 2% of Ascorbic Acid, Enzymes, Cultured Wheat Starch Blend (Cultured Wheat Starch, Wheat Flour, Citric Acid), Salt, Vinegar, Yeast.