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Employees recommend that you skip the drive-thru.
- Panera Bread currently boasts around 2,300 locations in the US and Canada.
- A number of current and former employees spoke to Business Insider about aspects of the restaurant that casual diners might not pick up on.
- From the truth about the food to how employees really feel about most Panera Bread customers, here's what they had to say.
Panera Bread is a mainstay for bread-lovers looking to grab anything from a quick pastry to a sit-down meal.
Business Insider spoke to a number of current and former Panera Bread employees about what it's like to work at the restaurant chain.
Read more: Panera is rolling out the two-bowl version of its famous bread bowl across America
They shared a number of insights that may not be immediately apparent to casual diners, including information on how different menu items are prepared.
Here's what the employees had to say: