Panera
At Panera Bread, we believe in giving back to our local communities. We have worked to help combat hunger for over 25 years. Since then, our efforts to fight hunger have grown to include various charitable initiatives and donation programs.
How the Sustainability Journey Can Be a Powerful Tool for Change
At a recent Sustainable Brands virtual event, leaders from the CPG, restaurant and IT industries highlighted how they sold important ideas and ambitions around impact and responsibility internally, and how that translates to external success. ... View More
How to Sell Sustainability as a Key Measure of Business Success
When companies make bold commitments to sustainability, we all win. Here, we share lessons learned and ongoing challenges from three very different corporate sustainability journeys — to show others on the front lines that they are not alone. ... View More
‘Cool Food Meals’ Badge Helps Diners ID Climate-Friendly Restaurant Meals
Now, just as diners can make decisions based on nutritional information, they can also decide what to eat based on the climate impact of a dish. ... View More
12 More Brands Using Their Powers for Good During the Pandemic
As the COVID crisis wears on, we wanted to applaud 10 more of our Sustainable Brands community members that have donated their time, money and products and/or pivoted their business models to get people in need what they need, fast. ... View More
More Major Retailers Are Saying ‘Forever Chemicals No More’
To paraphrase Voltaire: “With great market power comes great responsibility.” Retail market leaders are setting the pace in the transition to safer chemistry in their products and packaging. Their actions add up to saying, “Forever chemicals no... View More
Here’s How to Encourage People to Dine Out More Sustainably
Created in collaboration with food-service experts, WRI’s new playbook is designed to enable the already-rich-in-expertise industry — so adept at marketing and selling foods — to help diners choose healthier and more sustainable, plant-rich opt... View More
EDF Unveils Crowdsourced Platform to Accelerate Sustainable Supply Chains
Supply Chain Solutions Center offers tools to help supply chain professionals meet corporate environmental targets. ... View More
Q&A: How a ‘Cuban’ Name Change Boosted Panera’s Soup Sales
WRI’s Better Buying Lab works with food companies to research and test science-based approaches that encourage consumers to choose more sustainable, plant-based foods. ... View More
While McDonald's Burgers Get More Real, Chipotle Reminds Us It's Been 'Real' All Along
McDonald’s USA has announced that its seven classic burgers are now free from artificial preservatives, artificial flavors and added colors from artificial sources. The ingredient changes affect all 14,000 U.S. restaurants, marking this the next ma... View More
Why You Should Care About the NRDC's Antibiotics Scorecard
Since 2015, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been publishing its Chain Reaction report, produced in collaboration with Friends of the Earth, Consumers Union, Food Animal Concerns Trust and Center for Food Safety. Chain Reaction is bas... View More
Panera Bread® Unveils Nation’s Largest Clean Kids' Menu, Challenges Fast Food CEOs to Eat from Their Own
Panera Bread has established itself as a champion of the ‘clean food’ movement, throwing its weight behind efforts to improve industry transparency and deliver ‘food as it should be.’ Building on its Kids Meal Promise, the restaurant chain ha... View More
Panera Serves Up the 'Sweet Facts' in New Transparency Initiative
Overconsumption of added sugar is the latest issue to preoccupy the food industry. On the heels of the launch of KIND Healthy Snacks’ Fruit Bites, for which the brand filled New York City’s Times Square with over 45,000 pounds of sugar in a bid t... View More
Don’t Put Vegetables in the Corner: A Q&A with Behavioral Science Researcher Linda Bacon
New research out of the London School of Economics should wake up many in the food industry. In a first-of-its-kind experiment, Linda Bacon – a graduate student in behavioral science and former Global Strategy Director at Mars, Incorporated – tes... View More
Landmark Research Shows Americans Are Redefining The “Good Life”
In spite of a chaotic political arena, a majority of Americans share the view that The Good Life is defined by connections to people and planet more than by material wealth and consumption. Furthermore, Americans are looking to brands to take the lea... View More
Panera Launches Zero-Added Sugar Beverages, Challenges Industry to Be More Transparent
Transparency is increasingly becoming a food industry standard, with more and more brands sharing information regarding supply chain and nutritional content with consumers. This new wave of transparency is also joined by a greater focus on creating p... View More
Panera Eliminates Artificial Preservatives to Achieve 100% Clean Goal
Two years after it pledged to eliminate artificial additives from its menu by the end of 2016, Panera Bread has released a new campaign in celebration of meeting its goal. ... View More
Panera Bread Broadens Leadership on Animal Welfare Issues
Panera Bread today announced its intention to initiate an industry-wide effort to improve the welfare of broiler chickens by 2024. The company is also proud to share its continued progress on animal welfare issues and the reduced use of antibiotics a... View More
Panera Bread to Industry: Kids Shouldn't Have to Imagine What's in Their Food
Panera Bread today issued its Kids Meal Promise to express the company’s long-held beliefs about kids’ meals and commitments relative to its Panera Kids™ menu. The promise is meant to be a challenge to the restaurant industry and to all food ma... View More
Sweetgreen's Uphill Battle to Transform Fast Food
It’s a great time to be a salad on a fast food menu. A generation ago, there was no happy medium between lunch hour at a fast food joint or at a sit-down restaurant — and either option was, and still is, calorie-laden. But concerns over the natio... View More
Panera Bread® Shares Animal Welfare Progress and Makes New Cage-Free Commitment
Panera Bread is proud to share its progress in reducing confinement and antibiotics across its U.S. Panera Bread® and St. Louis Bread Co.® bakery-cafe menus.Highlights include:Laying Hens (Eggs): 100% cage-free by 2020Pigs (Pregnant sows): 100% ges... View More
