r/AskReddit • • 9h ago

What restaurant chain fell off the hardest?

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u/Edit0rz1 9h ago

If we are talking about quality and value: Panera

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u/LiquidDreamtime 9h ago

Best answer.

Panera in 2006 was a bakery and coffee shop. I used to hang out there for hours drinking coffee and doing emails. It was a nice place for casual work lunches. The turkey bacon bravo sandwich was great.

Now it’s hospital food.

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u/Zelnar 9h ago

I used to work in a doctor's office, and reps would sometimes cater lunch and Panera was one of the more common ones. When they got in the office it was usually a race to who would get the turkey bacon bravo. I never liked anything else they had.

Also their red onions smelled up the entire office. I despise onions generally, but even people who like them would usually throw them out because they were ridiculously potent.