About Us

01Our Mission

Panera Bread Menu exists to answer the questions people actually ask before they order: How much does a You Pick Two cost? What sizes do soups come in? How many calories are in a particular sandwich? What time does a typical café open on Sunday? How much food should I order for a catering event of twenty people?

Official menus are designed to sell food, and that is perfectly reasonable. Our goal is different. We organize the same publicly available information into clear tables, plain-English explanations and side-by-side comparisons so that you can plan a meal, stick to a budget or check nutrition details quickly. We aim to be useful first, and we try to be honest about the limits of what an independent guide can know.

02Who Runs This Website

The site is run by a small, independent editorial team of food writers and editors. Between us we have experience in restaurant reviewing, recipe development, nutrition-label reading and consumer research. We are not employees of Panera Bread, its parent company or any of its franchisees, and we do not receive payment from them.

We deliberately keep the team small so that every page is reviewed by a person who understands how restaurant menus, regional pricing and nutrition disclosures work. We do not publish under invented personas or fake author profiles. When you read a page on this site, it reflects the collective work and review of our editorial team.

03How We Collect and Verify Menu Data

Our prices were collected from Panera's public U.S. online ordering menu for a sample café, and the current data set was updated in November 2026. Our process is straightforward:

• Collection: we record item names, sizes and listed prices directly from the public online ordering menu.
• Nutrition: calorie figures are based on the nutrition information Panera publishes for its menu items. We present them as published and do not recalculate them.
• Cross-checking: a second editor reviews new or changed entries against the source before they go live.
• Context: where prices are likely to vary, we say so clearly rather than presenting a single number as universal.

Restaurant prices differ by location, delivery platform, taxes and promotions. A sandwich in a downtown airport café may cost noticeably more than the same item in a suburban location. Our figures are a reliable reference point, not a guarantee of what you will pay at your local café.

04Update Schedule

We review the full menu on a regular cycle and aim to refresh prices at least every few months, with additional updates when we learn about new items, seasonal menus, discontinued products or notable price changes. Each data set is labelled with the month it was last updated so you can judge how current it is.

Seasonal and limited-time items come and go quickly. If an item appears on our pages but is no longer offered, or a new item is missing, please let us know using the details on our Contact Us page.

05Editorial Standards

We follow a simple set of standards on every page:

• Accuracy over speed: we would rather publish a little later than publish something we have not checked.
• Clarity: we explain what a price or calorie figure includes, such as size, add-ons or bread choice, wherever that matters.
• Honesty about uncertainty: hours, holiday schedules and regional prices are presented as typical, not definitive.
• No paid placement: advertisers do not influence which items we cover or how we describe them.
• Original writing: descriptions, guides and comparisons are written by our team rather than copied from official marketing copy.

06Independence and Trademarks

Panera Bread Menu is an unofficial, independent website. We are not affiliated with, authorized by, endorsed by or sponsored by Panera Bread or Panera, LLC. Panera, Panera Bread, You Pick Two, MyPanera and related names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners. We use these names only to identify the products and services we write about, which is a common and lawful form of descriptive reference.

If you need official information, to place an order, or to resolve a problem with a purchase, please visit Panera's official website or app, or contact your local café directly.

07About Our Images

The food images on this website are AI-generated illustrations created specifically for the site. They are intended to give a general visual sense of a dish, not to show exactly what you will receive. Real portions, presentation, packaging and ingredients may look different.

We do not use Panera's official product photography, and our illustrations should never be taken as representations of official products or as evidence of portion size.

08How We Fund the Site

The site is free to use and is supported by advertising served through Google AdSense. Advertising lets us cover hosting, research time and editing without charging readers or requiring accounts. Ads are clearly separated from our editorial content, and advertisers have no say in what we publish.

You can learn how advertising cookies work and how to control them in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

09Reporting Corrections

Menus change, and even careful editors make mistakes. If you spot an outdated price, an incorrect calorie figure, a missing item or a broken link, we genuinely want to hear about it. Email us at contact@panera-breadmenue.com and include the page address, the item in question and, if possible, the location and date of the information you saw.

We review every correction request. When a report is confirmed, we update the page and, where appropriate, adjust the update date. We do not publish the names or email addresses of people who send corrections.

10What We Don't Do

To avoid confusion, here is what this website does not do:

• We do not take food orders, process payments or handle deliveries.
• We cannot issue refunds, apply rewards, or resolve MyPanera account or gift card issues.
• We do not provide medical, nutritional or allergy advice tailored to individuals.
• We do not offer user accounts, logins or comment sections.
• We do not sell personal information.

For anything related to an order, a purchase or your Panera account, please contact Panera directly. For everything else about this site, see our Contact Us page and our Disclaimer.