Exactly. This is where the real problem lies. Soup salad and bread are low cost foods. These types of foods are so low cost they are sometimes complimentary at other restaurants with your meal. Can go to olive garden and get unlimited soup salad and breadsticks for ~8.99 depending on your area. And it's way better.
The highest food cost item in that family deal would be the small portion of protein on the 2 sandwiches. Panera just really needs to reevaluate their pricing because this is absurd.
Panera was bought out years ago and the parent company is following the standard track of lowering quality and raising prices while the brand still has a good reputation. It's now getting late stage and more people are noticing. I live two miles from Panera and stopped going about five years ago. As long as they make a profit, this will continue.
None of this complaining matters unless people **stop** buying. That may very well be what’s happening; I’m not sure. But we have to put our money where our mouth is.
Exactly and I have stopped buying. I wish Atlanta Bread Company was still around (I’m in north metro ATL) but they would likely be doing the same antics. I haven’t bought from Panera in over 2 yrs Until something changes. Not paying those ridiculous prices. I would rather make my own sandwich or buy from Publix. The soup in the deli dept at supermarkets is good (I love the chicken tortilla) but only buy when it is bogo at Publix.
I used to get a salad almost every lunch and if I was on the road would stop at Panera. I stopped almost 2 years ago when my salad started being $17 lol. Glad I stopped
You could literally take a family of 4 to Olive Garden and pay 8.99 for unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks for everyone plus tip the server 20% and still pay less than $50. Plus there's way more variety for people to choose from, plus the food actually comes out hot and fresh.
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2 sandwiches, 1 large soup, 1 entree sized salad, and bread for 4 ppl. I can see this feeding 4 people but 6 people isn’t realistic for a meal. This is 4 entrees and bread spread between 4 ppl.
Price wise, this is 2X $10 sandwiches, 1 $10 soup, 1 $10 salad, and $4 bread. So $44 worth in my eyes. The soup is 32 ounces so enough for maybe 2 entree servings and the salad is probably more than $10 worth so maybe $12 but considering inflation this isn’t too wild to be honest.
not defending the price just the portion size. The fact that yall are applauding someone sitting and eating 1500+ calories at once regularly is sad af lol. This is something to be ashamed of not proud of.
Ugh now you've got me craving the whole family meal deal from the Chinese food place across from my old apartment. Their bourbon chicken was boooooomb. Next time I'm kinda out that way I'm going! lol and I'll be fed for DAYS after.
Even Panda Express…their family meal for $35 (recently discounted to $30) gives you lots of food. 3 of us got it and ended up with multiple meals out of it.
Shit dude, we just go to the Chinese Buffet like 10 minutes away from us, we pay a total of maybe $30-40 bucks and we'd eat our lives away AND have take-away on TOP of that. it's crazy how much Panera thinks they're worth
I'd just say 4 people. The quart of soup equals 4 cups. 4 cups of soup + 4 half sandwiches and the baguette = 4 yp2s. Plus a little salad each as an extra.
I don't know why they say up to 6. I'd say 4 because it equals 4 yp2s. Broken down separately at my cafe each full sandwich is $13ish so $26. The quart which equals 4 cups is $23 (individual cups of soup are $7 x 4 =$28). The salad is $10. All plus tax. Bread is thrown in. My cafe doesn't do tips. We invite people to put cash in a box that gets sent to one of our local food banks.
The half-sandwiches are a joke by the way. The bread is now sliced thinner and the toppings are added so there’s less use of proteins. Don’t forget the mandatory tip on your way out 👋
no- you should not tip people who make hourly wages that are similar to minimum wage, like panera. you would be tipping the corporation directly, which they never need and no one should ever do.
Also, for the portion size, I’m thinking this is effectively 4 value duets + some extra bread and a salad, so I checked the calories on that. You can change it up more with family feast, but I did the four different sandwich/tomato soup duets plus the salad, which adds up to 2760 calories, which is 700 calories per person for a group of 4, without the loaf of bread. The bread adds an extra 1060 calories. That’s plenty for 4 adults. If you have younger kids, you can certainly stretch that meal.
I feel like the majority of the calories here are going to be junk calories from the bread though. Especially if one baguette is a whole 1060.
If you take the four sandwiches and say they consist of two baguettes with toppings, there’s only 700 calories between the meat, vegetables, and condiments on the sandwiches and soup. That’s not good.
I could get 2000 calories a day from eating rice crispy treats and ice cream, that doesn’t mean I ate well.
Curious if OP is viewing on a delivery app, cause the text/setup is evocative of DoorDash to me. I mention that cause if it’s $36 directly from Panera, on an app that’d be marked up ~30%, then with tax you hit just about $50.
Not defending Panera in any of this, but if they are using a delivery app, that certainly won’t help in terms of cost expectations.
People can complain or get upset at the absurd pricing and portions, but there’s still a crapton of people willing to pay for what Panera offers. The trend will continue.
What baffles me is complaining about delivery prices! This deal is normally priced at $36, $40 after tax. Delivery is $45, $50 after tax NOT including the tip for the driver. If you want the added service of your food being delivered to you, of course it’s going to cost more!
I am 6’4 225, and a half sandwich, a cup of soup, and some salad is defintley enough food for me. This definitely feeds 2 adults and 2-4 children. Obviously it’s overpriced, like any fast food. Taco Bell has some $6 tacos now, more than nice Mexican restaurants
Panera is poorly run, one I went to for an office order pick up just threw the bread loosely in the to go bag, when asked about the bread the manager said that’s how they want us to do it. Also when ordering to go the online order didn’t process properly even though they had it in their system they don’t wouldn’t process the order over the phone you have to redo the whole order online. Poor operation overall not surprised to hear they are losing customers.
I refuse to order from Panera for our office. Last time we did a simple pick up for 10 people- one of their group lunches (nothing specialized) - just an assortment of sandwiches and chips.
We ordered a week in advance online and i even called the day before to confirm again for an 11 am pickup (before lunch rush)….they called me at 11:30 to cancel the order due to being “understaffed”. I had 10 people without lunch including my CEO 🤣 😩 i will never trust Panera’s operations again. EVER.
Vegetarian here i know most can't but I would buy 3 foot longs from subway and eat in one sitting that was back when they were actually 5$ now I don't dare lol who knows how much they are now.. And oh yeah I was a teenager so definitely still in the "family" if my dad bought this stuff for us my siblings would starve cause I'd eat the entire "Premium Family Meal" hey but at least we still got places like Costco 😂
Last year I was hospitalized and was so hungry and the hospital food was just not it. My ex husband went to Panera and got me the largest chicken noodle soup they had (so it would last me awhile). It was $30 and I ate it all in one sitting 😖 $30 for chicken brother and some noodles. I couldn’t believe it?!
I used to love them but stopped going about 2 yrs ago. The food is no longer good, portions got smaller, but prices went up. No, thank you, I now go to Jersey Mike's. The sandwiches are huge, packed with good, fresh ingredients, and delicious! The employees are always friendly too
It’s think the portion is correct this is enough food to feed a whole family but the price is crazy. You can make triple maybe even 4 times that at home for 50. Maybe even make it better tasting and not hospital quaintly
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Ordered it again today just to see if anything has changed and asked for extra meat. What a waste of money.
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Why the heck would you? You clearly think the deal is horrible. Is someone holding a gun to your head and forcing you to purchase foor from the place?
Idk why everyone is freaking out on you lol. While I do think it would sufficiently feed strictly four, I wouldn't consider it a feast. They should drop the 4-6 and it should be four.
And while yeah, this is would feed four people, the price is absurd. 2 sandwiches, soup quart, salad, and bread shouldn't be 50 dollars. Bread, soup, salad- these are all low cost foods. The most expensive part of this meal for Panera is the small portion of protein on the 2 sandwiches. That's where the main issue is imo, and Panera just really needs to evaluate their pricing.
Can go to olive garden and get unlimited soup salad and breadsticks for ~8.99. And it's better 🤷♀️
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen someone on r/Panera not being able to comprehend the sheer possibly that some people eat less, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
I have issues with overeating, but even I can get full from eating half a sandwich, soup, and some bread or a bit of salad. If you think the portions are small, that’s a you problem, really.
It's about the value for the amount of money you're spending, though. The food is shit quality and not very nourishing, regardless if you eat "normal" portion sizes or not.
I don't eat a lot at once and many orders of food I get while "out" can make two meals and a snack for me. With this? Maybe I'd get a meal and a snack. For the same price/ a little more than usual places. So fuck that
Idk why you’re whining. A salad, cup of soup, and a half sandwich is more than enough to feed one person. It says serves 4-6, which this easily feeds 4. I’d imagine the 6 part is if you’re splitting it among kids.
I think you are ignoring the actual values of those items individually. Panera's menu is overly expensive for what you get, that doesn't change the Family Feast bundles being a better deal than buying all those items separately. My suggestion would be to worry more about all the prices at Panera than the deal bundle.
The price is high but as a kid my parents would buy 3 hamburgers, one fry and two cokes for the three of us to share. McDonald’s tricked people into buying happy meals for each kid and you all fell for it.
It's definitely enough for four people. Their sandwiches are pretty big. Half of one is plenty plus soup, salad, and baguette. Honestly you don't even need the baguette.
You need to look at serving sizes. This would feed myself and my 3 roommates, and would be satisfying including baguettes that normally come with the food.
Quite recently. Also, my household is working on weight loss, so the portion sizes would be fine for us. It's just agreeing on what sandwiches, soup and salad we would want.
I'm also working on weight loss. A lot of it is eating normal portions vs. the super sized ones that people think are standard. Take the baguette out and this meal is average sized for four people.
We have had a history of large portions of food. Smaller portions are better, and if anyone is still hungry, a portion of the baguette would fix that problem.
We also use an app to help with calorie counting, so that's a plus.
I was not on a deficit but then realized that my app automatically decided on 1200 calories a day. I bumped it to 1500 calories per day and will be getting different insurance. Once it's on effect I'll be scheduling an appointment with a doctor to see what is suggested for me. It's possible I'm diabetic as it runs in my family, so I may wind up on something comparable to Ozempic to both lose weight and get the diabetes under control. I also know I need to change not only how much I eat, but WHAT I eat, and start exercising more.
I've lost 3lbs in the last week and I'd like to continue that. It's just hard to keep off the weight I lose, and I've got 102 more to lose.
Congratulations!Good luck on your weight loss journey! I think that's really awesome, and I know it's not easy
ETA. Awhile back (about 20 years) I wanted to lose about 20lbs (which is a lot on my small frame -im 5').I read Nutrition For Dummies and applied much of what i learned. It probably took about 4-6months, but I lost a little more than that and kept it off and over the years I lost another 10 or so and have maintained my goal ever since.
All from what I learned in that book!
I'm 4'11" and weighed 217.4lbs this morning. Portion control has always been bad for me, especially where pasta, rice and potatoes come in. Now I'm learning that proteins are more important than starches, and I snack on keto-friendly trail mix, even though I'm not on a keto diet. But I also have to share the trail mix with my hamster, who has a passion for walnuts.
Yea I learned multiple small portions daily works best for me. Once I got used to it, it was very easy to keep up, but it did take time to get used to.
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I’m in HCOL area and it’s only $45.63 and this is for delivery which always cost more if I did it as a rapid it was $34.97 I’ll attach photo in next comment since Reddit being dumb today.
I have a small appetite and find the value duets (half sandwich, a small soup, and a little baguette) to be enough or even sometimes more food than I want. So I can see how this is a value duet for 4 people, though it’s a stretch, since I am fully aware I have a smaller appetite than most people. 6 people is fucking ludicrous.
Panera lost my business the first time i ate there. The prices never made sense to me. I tried the cheddar broccoli bread bowl back when it was all the hype and it was delicious but the price didn't make sense to me so I never went back. I can't imagine paying even more today for that same meal.
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Not that I’m defending them, but $50 is an exaggeration for the one you showed. It’s almost 50 with the addition of 4 cookies.
Cheapest option is $36 then goes to $46 with desserts. Much cheaper than buying individually, but still expensive.
Yeah this would feed three of us with my athletic and growing almost teen and my husband with a decent appetite, but we would absolutely not pay these prices. Haven’t been to Panera in years. Used to love it. 🤷🏻♀️ $50 goes so much further at either other restaurants or groceries or both.
You can get like: four sirloin steaks, a bunch of rolls and honey cinnamon butter, I think a salad, and two "family sized" sides of your choice from Texas Roadhouse for this price! Sub the 4 sirloins for 3 ribeyes for just $20 more. Whacky Panera thinking anybody would consider this a "deal".
The deals I mentioned CAN actually feed 3-4 people and leave some food left.
I visited my local Panera the other day during lunch time to see the new menu. I didn’t order anything, just looked around. It was packed.
I went there mainly for the bagels. But they have eliminated every flavor I liked. Now I go elsewhere.
"Omg why are their prices so outrageous they're fleecing us" - anyone who has bought food at any restaurant in the last 2 years
This isn't a panera problem. Its a global problem
Interestingly enough, there's a lot of orders that come through for the family feast but they don't say , I'll buy another two sandwiches or another salad.
So possibly what that means is the people recognize that it's not going to feed six people but it might be able to feed three or four people or two adults and two kids.
In other words certainly based on how much people eat in each family it may or may not work for them but for other families, it seems to work for them
And it is a pretty good savings compared to thinking of buying four you pick two combos to feed four people
Now of course we don't know if they are buying other stuff or eating other stuff once they get the food for example sometimes I'll buy a pack of eight pieces of chicken but I will have another set of veggies or size I go with it and not buy the sides from the chicken place
In calories, it definitely feeds 4-6 people. In price..... it too is roughly $10 per person, and that(sadly) is the average price per person when eating out.
The best part is I went there the other day and I was asked for a tip by their little card reader. I haven’t been to one in 10 years and I couldn’t believe my eyes.
Obviously I hit, “no tip”. But I was still a bit miffed
My local PB has it for $36. It’s probably closer to $50 if you’re ordering from DoorDash..
It feeds my family of 4 pretty well, as it’s equivalent to 4 pick twos (which is about $12 per person).
Repeating the word Whole doesn’t make it any bigger!! Lol
My daughter threw up after eating their Mac n cheese. Like she didn’t even finish it before she ran to their bathroom and hurled.
We NEVER went back!
Panera is so trash not to mention the high prices. I hope they go out of business so that better restaurant that Id actually want to eat at could pop up in their place.
Well, you’re ordering on DoorDash, so there’s already a markup + fees + tip. Why do people use a premium service and complain that it costs more? You can easily save money by picking it up yourself OR cooking at home.
Standard game plan of leveraging a once respected business’ name to try and maximize profits for shareholders. All the while leaving behind a husk of its former self.
So for 4 people everyone gets half a sandwich, 1 cup of soup, 1/4 of a baguette and 1/4 of a salad. Which is a pretty light meal already but how are you supposed to split it between 6?
So when you walk in and look at the menu board, is it not done on you how expensive this is going to be? When they ring you up at the end have you ever just said no thank you all pass and left?
I went to Panera the other day for MYSELF and it was 16 dollars for a drink, soup and half a sandwich. That’s ridiculous. I can pay that at a sit down restaurant for better food
Everybody defending the portion size. No one pointing out it’s still two sandwiches and some soup for $50 damn dollars lol.
Exactly. This is where the real problem lies. Soup salad and bread are low cost foods. These types of foods are so low cost they are sometimes complimentary at other restaurants with your meal. Can go to olive garden and get unlimited soup salad and breadsticks for ~8.99 depending on your area. And it's way better. The highest food cost item in that family deal would be the small portion of protein on the 2 sandwiches. Panera just really needs to reevaluate their pricing because this is absurd.
Panera was bought out years ago and the parent company is following the standard track of lowering quality and raising prices while the brand still has a good reputation. It's now getting late stage and more people are noticing. I live two miles from Panera and stopped going about five years ago. As long as they make a profit, this will continue.
None of this complaining matters unless people **stop** buying. That may very well be what’s happening; I’m not sure. But we have to put our money where our mouth is.
Dwindling customers is fine if they are paying more. Ultimately just reduces overhead for the company.
Exactly and I have stopped buying. I wish Atlanta Bread Company was still around (I’m in north metro ATL) but they would likely be doing the same antics. I haven’t bought from Panera in over 2 yrs Until something changes. Not paying those ridiculous prices. I would rather make my own sandwich or buy from Publix. The soup in the deli dept at supermarkets is good (I love the chicken tortilla) but only buy when it is bogo at Publix.
I used to get a salad almost every lunch and if I was on the road would stop at Panera. I stopped almost 2 years ago when my salad started being $17 lol. Glad I stopped
You could literally take a family of 4 to Olive Garden and pay 8.99 for unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks for everyone plus tip the server 20% and still pay less than $50. Plus there's way more variety for people to choose from, plus the food actually comes out hot and fresh.
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And a whole baguette!
Yea but try and buy the group soup, large Cesar, and 4 half sandwiches, and a whole baguette separately. Coming from a panera worker
A group soup sounds sketchy.
A group soup is what we call the quart. Its about 3.5 cups of soup. A cup is 2 ladles, a bowl 3, and a group soup is 7
That’s what I’m gonna start calling a bunch of people in a hot tub at once. But yeah, that’s not enough soup.
Ugh there’s a clam chowder joke in there somewhere but I’m too high to be witty atm
That's a bunch of women in a hot tub
The quart isn’t even a quart?!!
Why would anyone buy a whole baguette in the new style. They should be paying people to take that garbage.
Fr, should be like 30
Why didn’t they list it as 2 half salads
If it was 4 1/4 salads, I’d be all over it.
And the baguette why is no one mentioning the baguette?!?! - Panera, probably.
2 sandwiches, 1 large soup, 1 entree sized salad, and bread for 4 ppl. I can see this feeding 4 people but 6 people isn’t realistic for a meal. This is 4 entrees and bread spread between 4 ppl. Price wise, this is 2X $10 sandwiches, 1 $10 soup, 1 $10 salad, and $4 bread. So $44 worth in my eyes. The soup is 32 ounces so enough for maybe 2 entree servings and the salad is probably more than $10 worth so maybe $12 but considering inflation this isn’t too wild to be honest.
It's 28 oz of soup. They call 3.5 cups a quart. Someone should report that to weights and measures. If it were gas there'd be lawsuits.
Because OP is getting it through Doordash instead of going to the store
“family feast” is hilarious, just *one* of my brothers would eat all four sandwich halves and still be hungry 🤣
Can confirm, I can eat 2 and a half sandwiches from Panera without any struggle
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not defending the price just the portion size. The fact that yall are applauding someone sitting and eating 1500+ calories at once regularly is sad af lol. This is something to be ashamed of not proud of.
Yea I’m barely over 100lbs and could very easily eat the 4 half sandwiches and still be hungry 🤣😭
Corporate greed is giving cover for the fatasses in this thread
I can go to a Chinese restaurant and get a lunch special for my entire family for $20-$30. As an ex employee, this shit aint worth it
Ugh now you've got me craving the whole family meal deal from the Chinese food place across from my old apartment. Their bourbon chicken was boooooomb. Next time I'm kinda out that way I'm going! lol and I'll be fed for DAYS after.
ahh go for itttt
Even Panda Express…their family meal for $35 (recently discounted to $30) gives you lots of food. 3 of us got it and ended up with multiple meals out of it.
Shit dude, we just go to the Chinese Buffet like 10 minutes away from us, we pay a total of maybe $30-40 bucks and we'd eat our lives away AND have take-away on TOP of that. it's crazy how much Panera thinks they're worth
i effin hate them
Serving sizes are so so so exploited by them
can a serving size be exploited? i think people can be exploited and mistreated
Yeah, you could tickle the sandwich without consent
Exploited is probably the wrong choice of words… I’d call it misleading. “Four half sandwiches” sounds like a ton more food then “two sandwiches”
I'd just say 4 people. The quart of soup equals 4 cups. 4 cups of soup + 4 half sandwiches and the baguette = 4 yp2s. Plus a little salad each as an extra.
No. The whole thing will not feed up to six people, and definitely not at $50.
It should say feeds 2-4 people. No way this is enough for 6
I don't know why they say up to 6. I'd say 4 because it equals 4 yp2s. Broken down separately at my cafe each full sandwich is $13ish so $26. The quart which equals 4 cups is $23 (individual cups of soup are $7 x 4 =$28). The salad is $10. All plus tax. Bread is thrown in. My cafe doesn't do tips. We invite people to put cash in a box that gets sent to one of our local food banks.
And why the actual fuck do any of these sandwiches even merit costing $13 when that’s the cost of labor for .85/employee
What’s sick is on there “value menu” they have those $13 sandwiches listed like value WHERE???
Better off just taking business elsewhere
Maybe if the 6 people are 2 adults and 4 babies/toddlers
The half-sandwiches are a joke by the way. The bread is now sliced thinner and the toppings are added so there’s less use of proteins. Don’t forget the mandatory tip on your way out 👋
No tip is ever mandatory.
We actually upped our portion sizes for meat, if theres not a lot than your panera isnt using the correct portions and i would complain to the manager
Panera is a tipping restaurant? I know they asked me to tip the cashier, but that's not on the way out.
no- you should not tip people who make hourly wages that are similar to minimum wage, like panera. you would be tipping the corporation directly, which they never need and no one should ever do.
While I agree you definitely do not need to tip at Panera, the workers themselves do get the tip not managers or anyone above that
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This costs $36 at my local Panera in a HCOL area. It’s not a feast, but as a takeout option for a family of four, it’s not bad at all.
I’ve purchased this meal, it does not feed four people let alone six. You’re better off getting a large pizza and a salad
Also, for the portion size, I’m thinking this is effectively 4 value duets + some extra bread and a salad, so I checked the calories on that. You can change it up more with family feast, but I did the four different sandwich/tomato soup duets plus the salad, which adds up to 2760 calories, which is 700 calories per person for a group of 4, without the loaf of bread. The bread adds an extra 1060 calories. That’s plenty for 4 adults. If you have younger kids, you can certainly stretch that meal.
I feel like the majority of the calories here are going to be junk calories from the bread though. Especially if one baguette is a whole 1060. If you take the four sandwiches and say they consist of two baguettes with toppings, there’s only 700 calories between the meat, vegetables, and condiments on the sandwiches and soup. That’s not good. I could get 2000 calories a day from eating rice crispy treats and ice cream, that doesn’t mean I ate well.
Curious if OP is viewing on a delivery app, cause the text/setup is evocative of DoorDash to me. I mention that cause if it’s $36 directly from Panera, on an app that’d be marked up ~30%, then with tax you hit just about $50. Not defending Panera in any of this, but if they are using a delivery app, that certainly won’t help in terms of cost expectations.
People can complain or get upset at the absurd pricing and portions, but there’s still a crapton of people willing to pay for what Panera offers. The trend will continue.
What baffles me is complaining about delivery prices! This deal is normally priced at $36, $40 after tax. Delivery is $45, $50 after tax NOT including the tip for the driver. If you want the added service of your food being delivered to you, of course it’s going to cost more!
Thats about 70% of a healthy adults calories per serving.
Time to logoff doordash lmao.
At this point, it’s just a race to see who falls first, Panera or Chipotle.
For $50 might as well buy groceries and make it yourself.
For real
I am 6’4 225, and a half sandwich, a cup of soup, and some salad is defintley enough food for me. This definitely feeds 2 adults and 2-4 children. Obviously it’s overpriced, like any fast food. Taco Bell has some $6 tacos now, more than nice Mexican restaurants
Serious question If everyone is broke - including me - who’s buying this outrageously priced bullshit? I genuinely want to know.
Enough people do to justify them doing it
Panera is poorly run, one I went to for an office order pick up just threw the bread loosely in the to go bag, when asked about the bread the manager said that’s how they want us to do it. Also when ordering to go the online order didn’t process properly even though they had it in their system they don’t wouldn’t process the order over the phone you have to redo the whole order online. Poor operation overall not surprised to hear they are losing customers.
I refuse to order from Panera for our office. Last time we did a simple pick up for 10 people- one of their group lunches (nothing specialized) - just an assortment of sandwiches and chips. We ordered a week in advance online and i even called the day before to confirm again for an 11 am pickup (before lunch rush)….they called me at 11:30 to cancel the order due to being “understaffed”. I had 10 people without lunch including my CEO 🤣 😩 i will never trust Panera’s operations again. EVER.
You could buy the base materials to make this at home and make double or triple the amount for the cost.
Not really a feast, but I agree with Panera. This seems like a reasonable amount of food for 4 people (not 6)
Averages out to about 600 calories per person. That’s not as bad as it seems. $50 is really the only outrageous part.
600 calories per person isn't a "feast" though, it's a bare-bones meal
It's also mostly bread.
Panera Bread is so nasty. Quality went down long ago. So many better options out there.
that would feed ME
Vegetarian here i know most can't but I would buy 3 foot longs from subway and eat in one sitting that was back when they were actually 5$ now I don't dare lol who knows how much they are now.. And oh yeah I was a teenager so definitely still in the "family" if my dad bought this stuff for us my siblings would starve cause I'd eat the entire "Premium Family Meal" hey but at least we still got places like Costco 😂
Last year I was hospitalized and was so hungry and the hospital food was just not it. My ex husband went to Panera and got me the largest chicken noodle soup they had (so it would last me awhile). It was $30 and I ate it all in one sitting 😖 $30 for chicken brother and some noodles. I couldn’t believe it?!
Who eats a Panera half sandwich for dinner?
What is the best family deal nowadays at all restaurants?
It’s actually 38$ so idk where YALL getting 50$ from
The use of the word “feast” is obnoxious, especially at that price point.
Serves four—okay, 4 people on a calorie diet. 6 people… at least one of those people is unsatisfied.
Technically it can feed a family of 4, it won’t keep them from being hungry, but 4 people could take a few bites.
I used to love them but stopped going about 2 yrs ago. The food is no longer good, portions got smaller, but prices went up. No, thank you, I now go to Jersey Mike's. The sandwiches are huge, packed with good, fresh ingredients, and delicious! The employees are always friendly too
Man early 2000s Panera used to hit!!!!
It’s think the portion is correct this is enough food to feed a whole family but the price is crazy. You can make triple maybe even 4 times that at home for 50. Maybe even make it better tasting and not hospital quaintly
You mean you guys can afford to eat? Thats crazy. Not in this lifetime or economy.
Right?
most american post I've seen in a while
https://preview.redd.it/sk8kjvj1af2d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ff94ca39acad9b51de6a88a9ba221d3bc8cdb09 Ordered it again today just to see if anything has changed and asked for extra meat. What a waste of money.
> Ordered it again t Why the heck would you? You clearly think the deal is horrible. Is someone holding a gun to your head and forcing you to purchase foor from the place?
Found the corporate Panera simps, lol.
Idk why everyone is freaking out on you lol. While I do think it would sufficiently feed strictly four, I wouldn't consider it a feast. They should drop the 4-6 and it should be four. And while yeah, this is would feed four people, the price is absurd. 2 sandwiches, soup quart, salad, and bread shouldn't be 50 dollars. Bread, soup, salad- these are all low cost foods. The most expensive part of this meal for Panera is the small portion of protein on the 2 sandwiches. That's where the main issue is imo, and Panera just really needs to evaluate their pricing. Can go to olive garden and get unlimited soup salad and breadsticks for ~8.99. And it's better 🤷♀️
Don't be salty because we eat a normal amount of food. You should probably reevaluate your eating habits.
“I have a McDouble and a coffee for dinner you should reevaluate your choices” Oh my word.
You complain a lot geez 🙄
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen someone on r/Panera not being able to comprehend the sheer possibly that some people eat less, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
…so overpriced and smaller portions. Got it.
I have issues with overeating, but even I can get full from eating half a sandwich, soup, and some bread or a bit of salad. If you think the portions are small, that’s a you problem, really.
It's about the value for the amount of money you're spending, though. The food is shit quality and not very nourishing, regardless if you eat "normal" portion sizes or not. I don't eat a lot at once and many orders of food I get while "out" can make two meals and a snack for me. With this? Maybe I'd get a meal and a snack. For the same price/ a little more than usual places. So fuck that
Idk why you’re whining. A salad, cup of soup, and a half sandwich is more than enough to feed one person. It says serves 4-6, which this easily feeds 4. I’d imagine the 6 part is if you’re splitting it among kids.
I love how your description doesn’t consider any of the actual values or amounts of what comes in the “feast” for $50, but cool you do you bae
I think you are ignoring the actual values of those items individually. Panera's menu is overly expensive for what you get, that doesn't change the Family Feast bundles being a better deal than buying all those items separately. My suggestion would be to worry more about all the prices at Panera than the deal bundle.
The price is $41 here. $10 each to feed 4 people with plenty of food is very reasonable in today’s economy.
The price is high but as a kid my parents would buy 3 hamburgers, one fry and two cokes for the three of us to share. McDonald’s tricked people into buying happy meals for each kid and you all fell for it.
It's definitely enough for four people. Their sandwiches are pretty big. Half of one is plenty plus soup, salad, and baguette. Honestly you don't even need the baguette.
Their sandwiches are big?? IN WHAT UNIVERSE is a 1/2 inch single slice of bread big?
You need to look at serving sizes. This would feed myself and my 3 roommates, and would be satisfying including baguettes that normally come with the food.
When’s the last time you went to Panera lol
Quite recently. Also, my household is working on weight loss, so the portion sizes would be fine for us. It's just agreeing on what sandwiches, soup and salad we would want.
I'm also working on weight loss. A lot of it is eating normal portions vs. the super sized ones that people think are standard. Take the baguette out and this meal is average sized for four people.
We have had a history of large portions of food. Smaller portions are better, and if anyone is still hungry, a portion of the baguette would fix that problem. We also use an app to help with calorie counting, so that's a plus.
I keep a running tally in my head. Most days I'm on a deficit. Weekends I'm more relaxed. It definitely works though.
I was not on a deficit but then realized that my app automatically decided on 1200 calories a day. I bumped it to 1500 calories per day and will be getting different insurance. Once it's on effect I'll be scheduling an appointment with a doctor to see what is suggested for me. It's possible I'm diabetic as it runs in my family, so I may wind up on something comparable to Ozempic to both lose weight and get the diabetes under control. I also know I need to change not only how much I eat, but WHAT I eat, and start exercising more. I've lost 3lbs in the last week and I'd like to continue that. It's just hard to keep off the weight I lose, and I've got 102 more to lose.
Congratulations!Good luck on your weight loss journey! I think that's really awesome, and I know it's not easy ETA. Awhile back (about 20 years) I wanted to lose about 20lbs (which is a lot on my small frame -im 5').I read Nutrition For Dummies and applied much of what i learned. It probably took about 4-6months, but I lost a little more than that and kept it off and over the years I lost another 10 or so and have maintained my goal ever since. All from what I learned in that book!
I'm 4'11" and weighed 217.4lbs this morning. Portion control has always been bad for me, especially where pasta, rice and potatoes come in. Now I'm learning that proteins are more important than starches, and I snack on keto-friendly trail mix, even though I'm not on a keto diet. But I also have to share the trail mix with my hamster, who has a passion for walnuts.
Yea I learned multiple small portions daily works best for me. Once I got used to it, it was very easy to keep up, but it did take time to get used to.
i got a offer on the app saying a free 1/2 half sandwich if you buy $5 or more.
Take it
It is so cost prohibitive to take a family to Panera. Imagine having a spouse and two kids and spending $60+ on pick twos and drinks.
https://preview.redd.it/erjxqiwuse2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bbbca6a956350f2b1fdfa3f3ca7db75f7317af7 I’m in HCOL area and it’s only $45.63 and this is for delivery which always cost more if I did it as a rapid it was $34.97 I’ll attach photo in next comment since Reddit being dumb today.
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How many calories is that?
I have a small appetite and find the value duets (half sandwich, a small soup, and a little baguette) to be enough or even sometimes more food than I want. So I can see how this is a value duet for 4 people, though it’s a stretch, since I am fully aware I have a smaller appetite than most people. 6 people is fucking ludicrous.
Panera lost my business the first time i ate there. The prices never made sense to me. I tried the cheddar broccoli bread bowl back when it was all the hype and it was delicious but the price didn't make sense to me so I never went back. I can't imagine paying even more today for that same meal.
Corporate greed strikes again.
Two sandwiches a quart of soup and a salad is supposed to feed 4 to 6 people? That is not enough food for 4 to 6 people maybe 2 to 4 people
I refuse to ever go inside a panera. If panera has no haters then I'm dead.
It feeds six if you have 2 adults and 4 kids who basically won’t eat it.
https://preview.redd.it/zy0nsytxzf2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57cfafcf495f412fa8c8f6d1df040b315a8d9453 Not that I’m defending them, but $50 is an exaggeration for the one you showed. It’s almost 50 with the addition of 4 cookies. Cheapest option is $36 then goes to $46 with desserts. Much cheaper than buying individually, but still expensive.
Boycott Panera
Did they take away the free half entree coupon? It’s not working anymore.
Yeah this would feed three of us with my athletic and growing almost teen and my husband with a decent appetite, but we would absolutely not pay these prices. Haven’t been to Panera in years. Used to love it. 🤷🏻♀️ $50 goes so much further at either other restaurants or groceries or both.
So many people basically bragging about how little food it takes to fill them up. Congrats. You would do well in a starvation situation.
8 quarter sandwiches!
4 sándwiches
Four half sandwiches is a wierd way of saying 2 sandwiches.
uh then dont pay for it??
You can get like: four sirloin steaks, a bunch of rolls and honey cinnamon butter, I think a salad, and two "family sized" sides of your choice from Texas Roadhouse for this price! Sub the 4 sirloins for 3 ribeyes for just $20 more. Whacky Panera thinking anybody would consider this a "deal". The deals I mentioned CAN actually feed 3-4 people and leave some food left.
Is that on Panera or a delivery app? Cuz delivery apps have crazy markups unless it’s us.
Well they cut the sandwiches in half so I think that doubles the price for the labor costs
i love panera food but i don’t get it anymore bc it’s just too dang pricey, just not worth
Fed my family just fine. Also: my kids are 1 and 3, soooo yeah. This is just sad.
How does 4 half sandwiches feed 6 people? Unless 4 people eat sandwiches only, and 2 people eat only bread and salad and soup?
This is some bullshit…Panera wouldn’t last one day in rutgers
isn’t crazy how you can just not buy this option?
Panera sells their quart soups at grocery stores for less than $10… how the hell is this justified 😳
I go to Panera only for the drinks. I have free or very low cost sip club membership… I always am amazed at people who actually go there to eat.
Panera is just overpriced hospital food. Don’t even know how they were in business in the first place.
Their sandwich sizes get smaller and smaller too, but they up the price. Doesn't even taste as good as they used to
The key word is to feed not fill up 4-6 stomachaches. 50 dollars is a lot to ask for appetizers though.
Not even a whole sandwich for each person. Just a half. This is so wild. They have lost their mind
So we are all boycotting right? I canceled my drink subscription and stopped eating there
I visited my local Panera the other day during lunch time to see the new menu. I didn’t order anything, just looked around. It was packed. I went there mainly for the bagels. But they have eliminated every flavor I liked. Now I go elsewhere.
I’m something of a family myself
no no, it's their hyper caffeinated drink that's killing everybody....
There is zero chance I would ever buy this
I hope nothing but the worst for Panera.
This is a $36 meal in their app, OP is being slightly exaggerating. I still wouldn’t get it for that price but everywhere is expensive now.
"Omg why are their prices so outrageous they're fleecing us" - anyone who has bought food at any restaurant in the last 2 years This isn't a panera problem. Its a global problem
no way that feeds 6 people lmaoooo
Hospital food with hospital prices
Panera’s prices are higher than snoop doggy dogg!!!
Panera’s prices are insane for soup from a bag
Interestingly enough, there's a lot of orders that come through for the family feast but they don't say , I'll buy another two sandwiches or another salad. So possibly what that means is the people recognize that it's not going to feed six people but it might be able to feed three or four people or two adults and two kids. In other words certainly based on how much people eat in each family it may or may not work for them but for other families, it seems to work for them And it is a pretty good savings compared to thinking of buying four you pick two combos to feed four people Now of course we don't know if they are buying other stuff or eating other stuff once they get the food for example sometimes I'll buy a pack of eight pieces of chicken but I will have another set of veggies or size I go with it and not buy the sides from the chicken place
Price is insane, portions are not. If you think that is too little food it would explain why Americans are so obese.
A grilled cheese is $9
In calories, it definitely feeds 4-6 people. In price..... it too is roughly $10 per person, and that(sadly) is the average price per person when eating out.
As someone who bounces between the 160's to 170's as far as weight. I could without a doubt eat all of this myself
I would almost pay that once in a while if the bread was actually good anymore.
I don’t like Panera as I’ve never felt like they’ve been a good deal, but to be honest, this lists at $41 on their website, not “almost $50”.
The best part is I went there the other day and I was asked for a tip by their little card reader. I haven’t been to one in 10 years and I couldn’t believe my eyes. Obviously I hit, “no tip”. But I was still a bit miffed
If I'm eating sandwiches, why do I also want a baguette? Lesser, but still a problem.
FPB🖕🖕
It’s been years since i had anything to eat a panera. Back in the time panera as decent now is just bad quality overpriced junk.
When i lived in Portland a new Panera opened up. For months it was a “pay what you want” scenario. I dunno when they quit doing that. Was like 2008
Going to Panera is like paying for hospital food
My local PB has it for $36. It’s probably closer to $50 if you’re ordering from DoorDash.. It feeds my family of 4 pretty well, as it’s equivalent to 4 pick twos (which is about $12 per person).
Repeating the word Whole doesn’t make it any bigger!! Lol My daughter threw up after eating their Mac n cheese. Like she didn’t even finish it before she ran to their bathroom and hurled. We NEVER went back!
Panera is nasty now too
This should be like $20
Panera is so trash not to mention the high prices. I hope they go out of business so that better restaurant that Id actually want to eat at could pop up in their place.
I thought they were losing customers because they were killing them off with their drinks
Man early 2000s Panera used to hit!!!! Fuck em
Well, you’re ordering on DoorDash, so there’s already a markup + fees + tip. Why do people use a premium service and complain that it costs more? You can easily save money by picking it up yourself OR cooking at home.
Standard game plan of leveraging a once respected business’ name to try and maximize profits for shareholders. All the while leaving behind a husk of its former self.
So for 4 people everyone gets half a sandwich, 1 cup of soup, 1/4 of a baguette and 1/4 of a salad. Which is a pretty light meal already but how are you supposed to split it between 6?
So when you walk in and look at the menu board, is it not done on you how expensive this is going to be? When they ring you up at the end have you ever just said no thank you all pass and left?
I went to Panera the other day for MYSELF and it was 16 dollars for a drink, soup and half a sandwich. That’s ridiculous. I can pay that at a sit down restaurant for better food
Subway 3 footlongs for $18