Panera Bread bakery-cafes will partner with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network to help put food on tables for Food Bank recipients throughout the state when they host their first “Panera’s Pantry” food drive campaign through Nov. 23.
Patrons can bring nonperishable canned food items to any Panera Bread location in the Blue Ridge Bread franchise, including cafes in Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Winchester, Warrenton, as well as the café in Ranson, W.Va., where it will be stored for their local Food Bank and donated to families in need.
“As bakers we are committed to nourishing the wellbeing of our neighbors” said Rick Postle, Blue Ridge Bread owner and operator. “We know that this food drive provides and important service for Virginia families and we happy that we can play a role in that.”
For the past 15 years, Panera Bread has helped dozens of charitable organizations through Operation Dough-Natio, a program that allows Panera Bread and its customers to aid local charities. Cash donations made by customers in the Community Breadbox cash boxes at the registers are distributed annually to local charities.
The Panera Bread bakery-cafes in the Blue Ridge Bread franchise will donate cash box donations to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network. Panera also donates bread to local area hunger relief agencies through the nightly pick-up of unsold product.
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