Panera Bread

Panera Bread's Florida stores average -0.45 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.52 to -0.38), below the county baseline. Rank 3 of 3 coffee and bakery brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.45vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.52 to -0.38

0.75 vs 1.21raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

201stores in 38 counties, 988 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Panera Bread is known for sourdough bread and macaroni and cheese. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

Macaroni and cheeseWho Invented Mac and Cheese? Not Jefferson, and Not KraftPlateTales

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Panera Bread vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 988). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Panera Bread	Florida	Ratio
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	49.6	43.6	1.14x
03	Food Out of Temperature	38.1	35.0	1.09x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	34.5	46.9	0.74x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	32.5	23.6	1.37x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	29.4	39.9	0.74x

Outcomes

10.1% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.30% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

100%of 195 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

1 closures of Panera Bread stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 1 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-08-21	Jacksonville	Duval	Fly activity

Other coffee and bakery brands

Ranked coffee and bakery brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Einstein Bros. Bagels	-0.52	-0.68 to -0.34	63
2	Dunkin'	-0.50	-0.55 to -0.46	717
3	Panera Bread	-0.45	-0.52 to -0.38	201

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Panera Bread elsewhere

Panera Bread franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Panera Bread locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Panera Bread when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.