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REPORTED · WARN NOTICEPublished Dec 23, 2025

Panera Layoff — September 2025

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
201
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~0.5%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Sep 10, 2025
201 OF 40,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Fairfield, NJ.

A WARN notice was filed on September 8, 2025.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the NJ state workforce agency.

Summary

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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Anonymous by default. Be kind — people reading this may be going through it right now.

LTLayoffTalk StaffStaff21 hours ago

Panera cut 201 jobs in Fairfield, NJ on September 10, 2025. What did this look like from the inside — which teams, how much notice, what severance was offered? You can post anonymously below.

SOURCE
Official WARN notice
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Consumer Discretionary · 40,000 employees
21
EVENTS TRACKED
3,061
AFFECTED SINCE 2023
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CREATED DEC 23, 2025LAST UPDATED JAN 7, 2026