Feel like I was cat fished by Panera.

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Ok-Candy6190@reddit

Looks just like their pic! Nailed it! 😐

My husband and I DoorDashed Panera one day. He ordered the BBQ chicken sandwich. It arrived with no chicken! 🤣 Just sauce, onion, and cheese on bread. How did the person preparing not notice?! He added some of his mom's leftover sloppy joe meat to make a weird, sad sandwich. We drove to that location later that night and got a refund. We still laugh about his chickenless chicken sandwich.

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Hallelujah33@reddit

I don't understand why anyone goes there any more

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Turbulent-Artist961@reddit

I don’t understand why people eat at Panera. Honestly

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FantasticBreadfruit8@reddit

I had never tried it but it's all hyped up. Mind you, I live in a major food city with plenty of options. But I was absolutely shocked by how expensive it was for how shitty it was. Like it's worse than fast food but costs as much as a real restaurant.

Also, OP, avocado toast is cheap and easy to make! It's my go-to. Just slice avocados, salt and pepper, done. You can get fancier with it if you want, but I usually don't bother.

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boolmi@reddit

I’m pretty sure OP is aware they can make food at home. Sometimes people do this thing where they let somebody else prepare food for them with ingredients they already have on hand. It’s pretty nice sometimes. Like if you’re tired and you’re low on groceries and you just want to pay some money to be able to eat a meal.

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Stenthal@reddit

I used to get Panera often when I was traveling on business, because it was as convenient and consistent as fast food, but it felt more like real food. I haven't had a business trip since the COVID lockdown, but it definitely sounds like Panera has gone downhill.

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BakerAcceptable28@reddit

Hey. Sometimes I want to pay $16 for a soggy bowl of slop. It's my right as an AMERICAN

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Grodybro@reddit (OP)

Indeed mistakes were made. Learned a valuable lesson today.

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Mrmetalhead-343@reddit

I'm honestly surprised panera is still in business. Their food was garbage when I went there 5 years ago and it looks like it's gotten even worse.

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Butterbackfisch@reddit

Ordering an avocado on bread from delivery is a setup for disappointment

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Grodybro@reddit (OP)

Thats the worst part I suppose. I didn't get this sadness delivered. I actually ordered and picked it up through the drive through. Its on me though that I didn't check it before leaving the parking lot.

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Puzzleheaded-Slice88@reddit

Which one did you order? If its the classic it honestly doesn't look too far off.

And the bread being soggy and some of the topping falling off could easily be on you. That's not exactly a good food to order ahead of time and have it sitting in a container for who knows how long until you actually ate it.

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boolmi@reddit

It does look far off. Do you have eyes?

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tardis4500@reddit

Panera marketing department had entered the chat...

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skillmau5@reddit

I feel like it would be so much better to just gopuff some nice bread and an avocado lmao

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Butterbackfisch@reddit

That’s so much worse hahaha 😆 That’s a masterpiece of a „don’t give a flying fuck about my work“ attitude

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Insignificant_Dust85@reddit

So you got the classic when you ordered the green goddess? Looks shitty regardless, definitely would put in a complaint.

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Griffithead@reddit

Panera is fighting hard with Subway to see who can make the worst food.

They've really upped their game and are winning.

Anyone that pays money to them is a straight up moron.

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carknut@reddit

Your first mistake was willingly ordering avocado toast from a restaurant

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Hour-Dependent5295@reddit

Overpriced hospital cafeteria food

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zeldafreak96@reddit

The good news is that if you complain on the app you can get gift cards. The bad news is they’re to Panera. The other good news, that’s free cookies and coffee.

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WhyLisaWhy@reddit

Lol the bacon turkey bravo is usually a really solid choice. It is kind of expensive but if you've got the gift cards....

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zeldafreak96@reddit

I like the tomato bread. They sell it in loaves. Yum

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WhyLisaWhy@reddit

TIL Thanks for the advice!

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tuyo3_@reddit

“The toppings contain potassium benzoate.”

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Zealousideal-Rope509@reddit

Lmfao

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Putsomesunglasseson@reddit

Green goddess having a hard time I see, not enough acolytes

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No_Clock2390@reddit

Subway and Panera are scams

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AnActualBatDemon@reddit

I mean its panera. They aint good lol.

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yzerizef@reddit

This is crazy to me. When I left the US, Panera was amazing. A bit pricey, but their soups and salads were great. Now all I hear is about how bad they are. Maybe I ruined Panera when I moved! Sorry everyone!

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Raethule@reddit

Soups are still good. But you can buy them in a grocery store and microwave them yourself for half the price.

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samkee00@reddit

When I bought a grocery store Panera chicken noodle, it was totally bland and didn't taste anything like the restaurant stuff, even though I know that is all prepackaged too. Bewildering and disappointing :(

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Raethule@reddit

The broccoli cheese and the chicken rice both held up well to my experience. Might just be shoddy batching. Sometimes I get a bland one from restaurants.

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MrFluffyThing@reddit

They were bought out in 2017 and the quality and portions have been slipping in the name of profits since

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TheDevilishFrenchfry@reddit

I really like their cheddar brocolli but its just WAY WAY too expensive for the amount and ingredients.

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PM_ME_YOUR_WOES_GIRL@reddit

There's a difference between being "not good" and false advertising. Putting ingredients in the picture that aren't in the actual product is the latter and should be illegal (don't know the law in the US concerning this).

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almighty_ruler@reddit

We have fine print here, and it most likely says something like "the picture may not reflect end product" or something like that , and there's probably a clause that says "... based on available ingredients"

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jellybeansean3648@reddit

Yeah but OP's example is pretty spectacularly bad. I ordered their avocado toast in person (listen, it was healthier than Denny's) and it didn't look anything like this abomination.

At this point, it's on a specific employee.

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Obezyanki@reddit

I worked for panera for like two weeks and even the lettuce isn't fresh

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giant_shitting_ass@reddit

Great if you feel like getting hospital food but cannot afford a hospital stay.

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melissuhnicole@reddit

This is pretty bleak for certain.

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fackshat@reddit

I miss when Panera was good, which is when I was a kid like 16 years ago.

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thetyphonlol@reddit

who even buys avocado toasts over delivery? why dont you just toast a piece of bread and cut the avocado it takes like 2-3 min...

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Maia_E@reddit

4 dollars for slice of bread and avocado? :( How much does these ingredients cost in your area? :(

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happydoctor631@reddit

That’s why I barely eat out anymore

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StreamFamily@reddit

You paid five bucks for the expression of depression

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Gelato_Elysium@reddit

I'm not american, how much would it have been for OP to make that himself ?

It feels crazy to have somebody pay 5$ + service fee + delivery fee + tip for a simple toast that they could easily have made themselves for not even 1/5th of that (I think it would be less than 2€ in my country)

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almighty_ruler@reddit

$5-8 ish dollars for a loaf of good sourdough bread, maybe a couple of dollars for an avocado. Overall, probably $15 or so to make 20 avocado toasts if you did it yourself

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Vark675@reddit

Honestly, it is. I live in an area where avocados aren't great, but I can still buy them for about a dollar or so and just make this at home for roughly ⅕ the price and infinitely better with no real effort aside from getting the avocado seed off the knife blade.

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WorkingPumpkin3231@reddit

Depression on toast, with a sprinkle of anxiety.

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Grodybro@reddit (OP)

I sure did, 0/10 would not recommend.

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Small_Tax_9432@reddit

Nah, that's a -10/10. F***in' bullsh**

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cjones560@reddit

I ALSO RECENTLY ORDERED THIS TO MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT. I was SO excited, as I am a huge avocado toast fan and was met with this sore excuse. Will never forgive them for that

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lawnderl@reddit

American dream right there. lol looks better than it is.

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Leather-Molasses1597@reddit

I'd be going wild. Frightened feral animal trapped in a closed space kind of wild. Dicks!!!

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usernmechecksout_@reddit

No god wants a hand in that crime of an avocado sandwich

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Sirico@reddit

Lesson in just making your own food.

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mattycbro@reddit

Why is that surprising? Panera is dog food

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captstix@reddit

Panera needs to be shut down for false advertising at this point. I challenge anyone to get literally any sandwich from them, and have it look like the one on the menu

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Groovemach@reddit

Hilarious to think that after 10:30 am they can no longer serve you a piece of bread with half an avocado lightly dusted with everything seasoning

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keepitcleanforwork@reddit

The only thing good at Panera is their packaging.

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dusty__rose@reddit

i hate that i love their mac and cheese SO MUCH. idk what it is but i love it. just needs a pinch of salt and it’s perfect imo

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ostrichesonfire@reddit

It is amazing!! And you can conveniently get half of your daily calories in one tiny bowl!!!

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agoia@reddit

And a full day's worth of sodium!

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No-Attention-801@reddit

I love their soups 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Lexiiboo97@reddit

Their broccoli cheddar soup hates to see me coming

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Without-Reward@reddit

I haven't had one in years but their brownies were so good.

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guilty_bystander@reddit

Panera hasn't been good for at least 10 years

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iShrub@reddit

I seriously thought you put bitter gourd on top, which actually may be better than what you're having here.

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Sirriddles@reddit

Panera is so fucking bad. I work in a hospital where the only food option besides the cafeteria is Panera. No employees ever go there lol.

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Gyyn@reddit

never buy anything from panera bread

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FinalSnow9720@reddit

Why do you order a slice of bread?

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eli--12@reddit

They have only ever had one item from Panera I enjoyed and it hasn't been on the menu since like 2016

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ITeechYoKidsArt@reddit

Damn, that actually made me flinch.

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Grodybro@reddit (OP)

Right, jump scare 😂

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ofthedappersort@reddit

I ain't sayin' nuthin' new but - Panera only stays in business because people at the office are too self-conscious to eat McDonalds in front of their co-workers.

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vincenzo_vegano@reddit

The bread being soggy is due to it being delivered I guess? How would you prevent that? The rest still looks sad.

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Grodybro@reddit (OP)

I actually picked up this sadness myself, through the drive through. Which I think makes it worse.

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Jellyyyfishsea@reddit

“Here,damn.”

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fucktooshifty@reddit

It's Panera, if that was actually 3.99 it was a steal, especially since they make the bread.

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Fast_Ad7203@reddit

Leave a bad review

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Longjumping_Lab_6739@reddit

Consumers are complete idiots and these companies bank on it. They're so lazy that they can't even spend 4 minutes constructing an avocado toast.

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PeaOk5697@reddit

It shouldn't be allowed, just like that greek salad i ordered wich came without feta cheese and olives.

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StrawbraryLiberry@reddit

Ew 😭 Unripe avocado is terrible.

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Negative_Roof2659@reddit

$5.49 for this is robbery

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DwightsBobblehead13@reddit

I don’t know why people keep going to Panera, same goes for Applebees lol

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Pantsmagyck@reddit

Wait this is supposed to be Green Goddess, not regular Avocado Toast? That makes it even worse

This looks like something you find on the floor near a trashcan

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ddoogg88tdog@reddit

Green godless avacado

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kurly-bird@reddit

I understand not being at home and needing to eat something, ANYTHING, when you're out, but for the life of me I cannot understand why people would ever intentionally buy avocado toast.

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castironrestore@reddit

The mistake was ordering that in the first place. You could make that at home for not even a dollar

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zzvee@reddit

that is just disrespectful

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Embarrassed_Word_542@reddit

I feel hate and anguish radiating off that.

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SpaceboundSignal@reddit

Oh, that’s rough. Look less like avocado toast and more like an avocado had a rough landing on some bread. Panera really dropped the ball on this one.

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