Location: Fairfield, NJ.
A WARN notice was filed on September 8, 2025.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the NJ state workforce agency.
Panera disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice filed with the NJ state workforce agency on September 8, 2025. The notice covers 201 employees in Fairfield, NJ, with the layoff effective September 10, 2025.
That is roughly 0.5% of the 40,000 people Panera employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 21 layoff events at Panera since July 2023, affecting a combined 2,725 employees.
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