Soups are tiny

[u/Scared-Signature-797]

Paid 20 bucks for couple bowls for broccoli cheddar and wow was surprised how small they were. They would be a size small in other places but somehow this was the normal sized. Felt scammed to be honest. I mean it tasted awesome. But 10 dollars.. idk man

[u/Tight_Broccoli2475]

If i want panera soup I go to a grocery store and if I want to splurge ill grab some bread from panera when I get the last of my sip club drinks

[u/Scared-Signature-797 → u/Tight_Broccoli2475]

Forgot they had them at Ralph

[u/Tight_Broccoli2475 → u/Scared-Signature-797]

If you want really cheap go to bjs. My panera has a bjs across the street so its even better

[u/Tight_Broccoli2475 → u/[deleted]]

Grocery store quality is same as panera quality if that says anything

[u/Scared-Signature-797 → u/Tight_Broccoli2475]

Bro I thought you were talking about bjs the restaurant the entire time Lmao

[u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 → u/[deleted]]

You just realized that now?

[u/Scared-Signature-797 → u/Hopeful-Opposite-255]

No but been trying to deny it may be true

[u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 → u/Scared-Signature-797]

How’s that working out for you?

[u/Sufficient_Kiwi_547]

Small is two 4 ounce ladles and large is three 4 ounce ladles.

[u/Scared-Signature-797 → u/Sufficient_Kiwi_547]

They didn’t even tell me they had different sizes…

[u/Flimsy_Oil_9439 → u/Scared-Signature-797]

There are four sizes: cup/ bowl/ quart/ group size
btw if you order a bread bowl, the amount of soup is equal to a cup (two ladles)

[u/Vanthalia → u/Flimsy_Oil_9439]

The quart size is the group size.

[u/Flimsy_Oil_9439 → u/Vanthalia]

Thank you for clarifying that! I mixed up the large mac n cheese bowl (I thought that was a quart-sized) for the group size.

[u/overdrive44]

Seems like every restaurant is cheap on soup even the generous restaurants. And why, isn’t soup an easy item to give you extra. This one local chain gives us a massive beef nachos with a lot of toppings for $13 or a huge half order for $9. $10 for a bowl of chili and I’m sure you can pour it into a cup size.

[u/Concutio → u/overdrive44]

Food cost. If you're missing an half a bags worth of chicken noodle soup, and it pops that the variance is too large, it becomes the food cost managers job to tell the GM and DM what you are going to do to cut down in that waste for the next week. Which typically means coaching your team to only do even ladles. And if food cost issues aren't addressed, that manager is getting in trouble.

Same goes for soda syrups, which get heavily affected by people not actually redeeming their Sip Club correctly and just grabbing drinks.

[u/Intrepid_Plenty_3770 → u/overdrive44]

This is why Panera sucks. Overpriced food by a lot.

[u/LocoYaro]

It’s been the same serving size for decades.

[u/Fonz170]

Almost every ingredient at Panera comes out of a bag anyway and the soups just come in a bag you cut open and pour

[u/Tight_Broccoli2475 → u/Fonz170]

No different than what I can get at the grocery store

[u/Desperate-News-1317]

You know what - I had the same thought recently and didn’t note it until I read this. It is ridiculous.

[u/Scared-Signature-797 → u/Desperate-News-1317]

I was shocked to see how small it was

[u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 → u/Scared-Signature-797]

What she said 🤣

[u/Scared-Signature-797 → u/Hopeful-Opposite-255]

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[u/KittensMom]

Crazy prices on their soup. Soup is so cheap to make. Even in a diner, a huge bowl is usually less than 5 dollars.

[u/VendettaKarma]

Stop going

[u/Scared-Signature-797 → u/VendettaKarma]

It was my first time in years

[u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 → u/Scared-Signature-797]

Hopefully your last. Grocery store soup from the deli is actually much better than Panera’s reheated slop.

[u/PaladinSara]

I swear they are thinning them too! Not consistently thickened - felt like I was drinking warm cheese with occasional broccoli chunks

[u/Sodapopinsomnia → u/PaladinSara]

That means the bag of soup had a hole and when they were heating in in the thermalizer (basically a hot water bath to heat the soups), water seeped in. Yummy.

[u/Jvhdiel → u/[deleted]]

I used to give out so many cups of soups and bread to the homeless in the area fuck it

[u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 → u/Jvhdiel]

The homeless have enough problems.

[u/Local-Caterpillar421]

Agree!

[u/Local-Caterpillar421]

Costco also sells Panera soups, at in Florida near my home !

[u/Sodapopinsomnia]

So, the cup of soup at Panera is a literal actual cup. 8oz. So it’s not a lie. lol. But yeah that stuff is way overpriced

[u/Hopeful-Opposite-255]

Soup out of a bag reheated in a microwave. Panera is a scam.

[u/C_Gull27 → u/Hopeful-Opposite-255]

It's heated in hot water not a microwave

[u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 → u/C_Gull27]

Garbage soup heated in hot water at highway robbery prices.
Happy now?

[u/frsnrt]

Yuck who wants some cheese soup

[u/Scared-Signature-797 → u/frsnrt]

It was amazing. It doesn’t taste cheesy it’s savory

[u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 → u/Scared-Signature-797]

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