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Is Panera laying off workers?

Yes. Panera filed 4 WARN notices in the last 12 months covering 399 jobs. The most recent was filed Mar 27, 2026 for West Chester, Ohio. Across every year on record since 2024: 12 notices covering 1,006 jobs.

1,006 roles affected across 12 filings in 11 states.

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◆ NATIONAL FOOTPRINT · 11 states. Each state files its own WARN notice, so small per-state counts are slices of one distributed layoff. Ranked by jobs cut:
California132Illinois119Maryland118Florida114Massachusetts92Georgia86North Carolina80Missouri72Ohio70Arizona64Kansas59

Filing history

Panera has filed 12 WARN notices between 2024 and 2026, cutting 1,006 jobs in total. Down 13% year-on-year: 399 jobs cut in the last 12 months vs 457 the year before.

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Every filing

West Chester, Ohio
Filed Mar 27, 2026 (7mo ago) · Effective · · official filing →
70
Layoff
Jessup, Maryland
Filed Mar 17, 2026 (7mo ago) · Effective · · official filing →
118
Closure
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Filed Feb 13, 2026 (8mo ago) · Effective · · official filing →
119
Layoff
Franklin, Massachusetts
Filed Jan 26, 2026 (9mo ago) · Effective Mar 25, 2026 · official filing →
92
Layoff
St. Louis, Missouri
Filed Jul 10, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective Sep 10, 2025 · official filing →
72
Closure
Orlando, Florida
Filed May 15, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective Jul 23, 2025 · official filing →
114
Layoff
Greensboro, North Carolina
Filed Mar 21, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective May 21, 2025 · official filing →
80
Closure
Lenexa, Kansas
Filed Mar 21, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
59
Layoff
Ontario, California
Filed Feb 13, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective Apr 14, 2025 · official filing →
77
Closure
Stockton, California
Filed Feb 13, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective Apr 14, 2025 · official filing →
55
Closure
Filed Sep 16, 2024 (2y ago) · Effective Nov 15, 2024 · official filing →
◆ Amended · effective date now Nov 15, 2024 (recorded Oct 9, 2026)
86
Layoff
Chandler, Arizona
Filed Jun 13, 2024 (2y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
64
Layoff

Questions

Is Panera laying off employees?

Yes. Panera filed 4 WARN notices in the last 12 months covering 399 jobs. The most recent was filed Mar 27, 2026 for West Chester, Ohio. Across every year on record since 2024: 12 notices covering 1,006 jobs.

How many jobs is Panera cutting?

399 jobs in WARN notices filed in the last 12 months. 1,006 jobs across all 12 official WARN filings on record since 2024, in 11 states.

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