Panera is a fresh from the oven, baker of bread and is a symbol of warmth and welcome. Panera is a simple pleasure, honest and genuine and they are a life story told over dinner, a long lunch with an old friend. They are your weekday morning ritual and the kindest gesture of neighbors. Panera is home, family and friends.

Panera Bread believes in giving back to local community. They show their appreciation for customers not only within their bakery-cafes but also throughout the communities they serve by sponsoring special events open to the neighborhood, participating in charitable events and offering various Operation Dough-Nation programs.

Panera Bread’s Community Breadbox program ensures that donations made at Panera Bread feed back in to the community. A portion of cash donations made by customers in bakery-cafes may be matched by Panera and its franchisees and distributed to local non-profit organizations. Contributions generated through the program have provided basic necessities for those in need, and have created special places and opportunities.

Panera Bread values corporate citizenship and is regularly involved in Community Events by making in-kind donations to local non profits through such things as silent auctions, runs and walks, trivia nights and raffles.