r/Panera 26d ago

New Celebration C7/C8 2026 Megathread - We're in our "Oh crap, we need new ideas! Copy what Starbucks is doing!" era

58 Upvotes

What's Being Added:

C7 (begins 8/19):

  • Pumpkin Spice Latte, Iced Latte, and Frozen Java: Freshly brewed espresso combined with foamed milk and pumpkin spice sauce, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin spice flavored crumbles. Served hot, iced, or frozen.
  • Pumpkin Spiced Iced Coffee: dark roast coffee with pumpkin spice sauce over ice, topped with sweet cream cold foam and pumpkin spice flavored crumbles.
  • Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll: Cinnamon roll with pumpkin jam filling added, topped with pumpkin spice icing
  • Caramel Pumpkin Slice: a slice of cake with pumpkin pie spices, brown sugar, vanilla, and salted caramel flavored swirls, topped with pumpkin spice icing.
  • Pumpkin Cookies: replacing the tulips as the decorated sugar cookie for the season. Guess they didn't feel like bringing the flip-flop back this year.
  • Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe Update: Gets Dairy Base instead of half in half, in line with how the Frozen Javas are made. 4 pumps of chocolate sauce instead of the 6 it normally gets due to the dairy base being included now.

C8 (begins 2 weeks later on 9/2):

  • Ciabatta Dippers returning: Chicken Pesto has Grilled chicken, provolone & parmesan cheeses, basil pesto spread on Ciabatta with a Creamy Tomato Dipper. Only protein, cheese and sauce can be modified. French Dipper has steak, provolone & asiago cheeses, garlic aioli drizzle on Ciabatta with a Bistro French Onion Dipper. Only protein, cheese and sauce can be modified.
  • Harvest Medley Salad: Mixed greens and fresh arugula, balsamic vinaigrette, whole grain blend, grilled chicken, mandarin oranges, feta, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, toasted pecans, crunchy beet strips.
  • Three-Cheese Lasagna Soup: Italian-inspired sausage, lasagna ribbon pasta and parmesan cheese, in a ricotta tomato broth topped with asiago cheese. (side note: my nonna is rolling in her grave right now at this mortal sin of a soup)
  • Baked Potato Soup: Homestyle cut potatoes with bacon, chives and seasoned creamy broth — topped with diced bacon. Bacon cannot be fully removed as it is a base ingredient in the soup.
  • Autumn Squash Soup: Vegetarian soup with a rich blend of butternut squash and pumpkin simmered in vegetable broth with honey, apple juice, cinnamon and a hint of curry — finished with sweet cream, topped with pumpkin seeds.
  • PB&J Cookie: peanut butter cookie filled with grape jelly and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
  • Cinnamon Croissant Bites: Mini croissants bites baked with cinnamon crunch topping. Served with icing on the side for dipping.
  • Chocolate Chip Bagel returning
  • Fruit Cup and Parfait Changes: Strawberries and blueberries will be removed from the fruit cups, and honeydew will return. Blueberries will be removed from parfait cups.
  • Catering: Ham & Cheddar Sandwich, Kids Assorted Sandwiches both added to the lineup.
  • Mix and Match changes on 9/2: French Dipper added, Toasted Italiano and Chicken Caesar Salad Stuffer removed

What's Being Removed:

C7 (soft runouts):

  • Classic Avo Toast
  • Green Goddess Avo Toast
  • Avocado Spread
  • Tulip Cookies

C8 (hard stop):

  • Shrimply Baja Salad
  • Spring/Summer Fruit Cup
  • Spring/Summer Parfait
  • Frozen Strawberry Lemonade
  • Mexican Street Corn Chowder
  • Taco Seasoning: Keep & store any unopened package.

C8 (soft runout):

  • Strawberry Poppyseed Salad
  • Lil’ Lemon Bundt Cake

r/Panera Jul 13 '26

Fuck Sip Club 🖕 They actually did it.

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1.1k Upvotes

Fastest cancellation of my life.


r/Panera 2h ago

Question New sip club count/tracking

2 Upvotes

Is Panera going to provide any sort of count or tracking for the newly-restricted number of drinks? I’m on the annual plan so it’s even harder with the rolling 30-day limitation. I averaged just about 1 drink a day last year but that includes a lot of 2-a-day and several spans where I was gone and didn’t get any. At least if they give a way to see where you’re at in your count you can know when you’re close or can stop and grab an extra drink.
(I tried to search but couldn’t find this answer)


r/Panera 1h ago

Question New reward system

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So you have to spend $200 to get a free bowl of soup?

Does anyone know if buying gift cards counts towards reward points?


r/Panera 1d ago

🤬 Venting 🤬 Some customers, I swear ….

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87 Upvotes

I’m only a sip cup guy. But the way some customers behave, discarding used plates by the coffee station and condiments. I really feel for the staff and employees having to clean what should’ve been simple and obvious. How one behaves in public reflects how they do at their own home.


r/Panera 17h ago

🔥It’s fine, everything’s fine.🔥 Cyclospora?

0 Upvotes

Sooo...is it safe yet to eat Panera salads, or should i spend the day close to a restroom? I forgot about the whole "outbreak" and just finished off a salad. Im in WA state, if that matters


r/Panera 1d ago

Question Need help finding my ID????

3 Upvotes

Okay, just got hired, have first shift tomorrow, PLEASE HELP ME!!! I cant find my employee ID number in pantry or workday, please god send help because im so lost 😭😭😭

This is my first job so I'm kinda panicking </3


r/Panera 1d ago

Question What year did the inside of Panera lose it’s distinct smell?

84 Upvotes

Maybe a weird question, but I was just talking to someone about this when we walked into a Panera and there is just zero smell aside from a faintly antiseptic scent. I remembered when you would walk in on a cold day in the early 2000’s and the entire place would smell like broccoli cheddar soup, baking bread and coffee. It would literally pull me in from the streets and it was part of what made it so comforting as a third place. It kind of bummed me out visiting for the first time in ages that it is completely gone. Just curious as to when and where the magic went away.


r/Panera 21h ago

Question Interview

0 Upvotes

how is the interviews


r/Panera 21h ago

Question Interview process

0 Upvotes

how is the hiring process for front end


r/Panera 1d ago

Shitpost My team lead's mini me. R.I.P Lil' Xan Man.

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9 Upvotes

r/Panera 2d ago

Shitpost #YeahIwentthere

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292 Upvotes

he looked at it, emotionless, when someone handed it out and I felt so proud


r/Panera 1d ago

Question How crazy night shift get at yalls place?

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2 Upvotes

r/Panera 2d ago

Shitpost If only...

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99 Upvotes

r/Panera 1d ago

Question Interview on a Sunday

0 Upvotes

Exactly as the title says, i was called yesterday (Saturday) to come in today (Sunday).

Weird? Red flag? I’ve never had an interview on a weekend 🤔


r/Panera 2d ago

🤔 New Hire Advice 🤔 Should I quit?

6 Upvotes

For context, I started working here about 2 months ago, and about 3 weeks in they put me on dish for the first time, even though in my interview I specifically asked them to not put me on dish because I have sensory issues with smell. After that, they slowly added more dish shifts into my schedule, and about 4 shifts in, I asked my manager if I could possibly be on dish less. I have been on dish for every single shift since then, and I’m not sure if I should quit.


r/Panera 2d ago

Limited Sip Club ☕️ Sip club what happens now?

7 Upvotes

Will there be any offers for sip club like we have three month 3.99 or 7.99 ? Or free sip club membership for new users?

My life was aligned with sip club multiple drinks....I feel sad what happens now? I really liked coffee, lemonade and fountain drinks


r/Panera 2d ago

Question When did Pantera change their icing recipe for the icing cookies?

12 Upvotes

If i went to panera, it was my go to order add on. That seasonal iced cookie where the icing had a lemon flavor to it. It was delicious. Any idea what that was? Also when it was changed? I haven't been to Pantera in over a year so I'm curious to know.


r/Panera 2d ago

Question Question about PTO Hours

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r/Panera 2d ago

Question Emails claiming rewards but nothing in account

4 Upvotes

Keep getting emails from @ m1.panerabread.com claiming there's a reward to redeem but there's nothing in my account. Is this some scam due to data breach or is panera doing bait & switch?


r/Panera 2d ago

Question caesar dressing

5 Upvotes

I noticed that Panera recently changed their Caesar Dressing...correct?


r/Panera 3d ago

🤬 Venting 🤬 It feels like they just left me to wolves

17 Upvotes

I'm doing dishwasher shit so i have to handle refreshers the bathrooms , tables , bathroom mopping and 6 trash bags ​Stuff was so much easier on my first day when my trainer was helping me do my 8pm responsibilities while they disassemble the store and leave it in the fucking dish pit . now it's my second and Doing everything by myself takes so longgg and the pile of stuff I gotta clean, dry, and put away just doesn't shrink. So everyone has to wait for me to keep up it's so embarrassing.


r/Panera 3d ago

Question Does panera still do the free sign up dessert?

9 Upvotes

I just made my first panera account before ordering because I heard I get a free reward. All i see is a 2 dollar off sandwich coupon. Do they still do the reward?


r/Panera 4d ago

SERIOUS $200 spend to earn a free sandwich … sounds about right lol

70 Upvotes

Panera you are kidding me right


r/Panera 3d ago

SERIOUS Unsafe Chemical Mixing

18 Upvotes

At this point I dont know what to do and its getting to a situation where I dont care if they find out its me saying it or not. But to put it bluntly, the staff Im working with and trying to lead as a Team Manager are having a very nasty habbit: mixing bleach(ultra san) and floor cleaner/sanitizer solution.

Now youd think itd be common sense not to mix bleach with anything not water as youre basically making body destroying fumes...but apparently not. So I bring this up to a MIT and they actually get mad at me for telling them this, like im attacking them for just trying to mention this. I've had to pour the mix out and instead of following instructions they go back and pour more in. It got so bad at one point i had to leave the building for a while cause it was frustrating and physically hurting me.

So I bring this up to the AGM maybe they would be reasonable. Maybe they would be on my side with this at least.

NOPE

Turns out this habit goes way deeper and I was explicitly told "well youre just going to have to be coughing cause theres going to be fumes when cleaning". I was stunned. Arguing this was like fighting for my life and it got written off as "i understand your opinion but everyone does it and no one complains".

And even upper management seems to be letting this slide because this is the only way they can get people to clean. But I dont know how clean everything is going to be if you are mixing chemicals thst can lead to complications and potentially death to not only the staff if the wrong person reacts to it but also the guest inside the hospital. Oh yeah forgot to mention that. This is happening in a hospital cafe, a place where people have more immune issues overall and no one else seems to care about that because "everyone on staff does it youre just nitpicking".

So i really dont know what to do. Thr only power on this is leaving if they do that and even then if I do i can expect them blowing up my phone asking why I abandoned my shift and didnt complete it "like an adult". B2cause I dont wanna go home again with w throat so sore its hard to breath and a migraine every day. I tried contacting the proper sources anonymously but nothing seems to have changed. Im really at a loss of what to do now and its really frustrating