The Panera Bread Foundation Announces 2023 Grant Awards
Summary
The Panera Bread Foundation launched the grant program in 2021 to support non-profit organizations that provide access to education, opportunity, and mentorship to at-risk, underserved, or historically underrepresented children and youth. At participating bakery-cafes, Panera Bread guests have the option to round-up their order total to the nearest dollar to help invest in underserved and at-risk children and youth. Through greater access to education, enhanced training experiences and new paths to leadership and ownership, Panera Bread aims to accelerate associate growth and reduce barriers to success. That vision holds true today with a robust menu of delicious, chef-curated recipes created with a simple principle: The Familiar, Made Fantastic. We are stewards of our communities and the planet with programs like Day-End Dough-Nation\xae that donates unsold baked goods in the evening to local non-profits, or labeling climate-friendly low carbon Cool Food Meals.As of January 24, 2023 there were 2,112 bakery-cafes, company and franchise, in 48 states and in Ontario, Canada, operating under the Panera Bread\xae or Saint Louis Bread Co.\xae names.