Panera to post calorie info on menu boards

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. – Panera Bread has announced that it will post calorie information on all Company-owned Panera Bread and Saint Louis Bread Co.® bakery-cafe menu boards by April.

The bakery-cafe concept expects franchise-operated locations to follow suit and have calories posted on menu panels by the end of 2010. This would make Panera Bread the first national concept to voluntarily post calorie information on menu boards across the country.

“We are pleased to be the first national concept to provide this level of transparency to customers,” said Scott Davis, Panera's Chief Concept Officer. “It comes from our commitment to providing nutrition information and wholesome foods our customers can trust.”

In addition to the calorie information on the menu boards, full nutrition information is available via an innovative nutrition calculator on the company's web site, www.panerabread.com, where customers can customize their meals and make modifications to fit their preferences.

Customers can also find more complete nutrition information in all Panera Bread and Saint Louis Bread Co. bakery-cafes by asking an associate to see a nutritional binder.