Panera Bread Delivery Comes To Chicago, Suburbs

CHICAGO, IL — Great news for soup and sandwich lovers: Panera Bread is expanding delivery service throughout the greater Chicago area. The Panera delivery service will be available at dozens of stores throughout Chicago, the suburbs and northwest Indiana.

Along with providing this long-awaited form of near-instant food gratification, Panera has added more than 900 jobs throughout the Chicago area. The company hires its own drivers and has created more than 13,000 delivery jobs throughout the country, according to a press release.

Panera Delivery offers the restaurant chain's full lunch and dinner menus between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. seven days a week. Customers will have to meet a $5 minimum for delivery and fork over a nominal $3 delivery fee.

To get Panera delivered fresh and warm to your door, you have to live within eight minutes of the nearest store offering delivery. Visit the Panera website for more info about ordering and to see the nearest Panera delivery locations near you.

Panera is offering a free cup of soup with delivery from participating Chicagoland locations on Wednesday, May 9, with the promo code: PANERA DELIVERS

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