Employer · WARN Act history · Manufacturing
Panera
232 workers across 2 WARN notices, primarily in MD - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 232
- Workers cut
- 2
- WARN notices
- 2
- States
- 116
- Avg / notice
Panera has 2 recorded WARN filings affecting 232 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Panera has 2 recorded filings covering 232 workers across 2 states, primarily MD, the 931st-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.
Panera is a minor share of Manufacturing WARN activity — 0.1% of the sector's 211,445 workers across 776 employers, ranking #132 in Manufacturing.
How 232 workers split by filing year
Calendar-year totals from WARN notice_date fields in this dataset, the same figures summed in the notice history below.
Panera WARN workers by state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, grouped by the state agency that received the notice, not a corporate headcount by HQ state.
Panera WARN workers by year and state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, crossed by calendar year and filing state, for the top 2 states by total workers affected.
| Year | MD | FL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 118 | – | 118 |
| 2025 | – | 114 | 114 |
Panera city concentration · concentrated
Named cities on WARN filing rows only (city blank on a filing is omitted). Shares are of the city-tagged worker total, not every notice in the record.
Howard County accounts for 50.9% of Panera's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Lead city Howard County · 50.9% · 2 named cities · top-3 share 100%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer PANERA · Panera 232 workers · 2 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-MID · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-MULTI · BOOK-DUAL · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-LIGHT 2 filings
- WORK-MID #931
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 67d
- STAT-MULTI 2 states
- BOOK-DUAL 2 agencies
- TYPE-MIX 1C/1L
Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.
Largest Panera WARN filings · notice runway
Top 2 rows by workers_affected from this employer's filed notices. Runway = calendar days from notice_date to effective_date when both are published and forward-dated.
- Howard County, MD · Closure · Manufacturing 118 workers · filed Mar 17, 2026 · 64d runway
- Orlando, FL · Layoff · Accommodation & Food Services 114 workers · filed May 15, 2025 · 69d runway
Median forward runway across 2 dated filings: 67 days (0 under 60d · 2 at/above 60d ).
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- MD
- Primary Industry
- Manufacturing
- First Notice
- May 15, 2025
- Latest Notice
- Mar 17, 2026
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Mar 2026.
WARN Notice History
2026
Howard County, MD · Manufacturing
Effective: May 20, 2026
118
workers
Filed Mar 17, 2026
2025
Orlando, FL · Accommodation & Food Services
Effective: Jul 23, 2025
114
workers
Filed May 15, 2025
Questions about this Panera record
What is the largest Panera WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the facility closure filed for Howard County, MD on Mar 17, 2026, covering 118 workers in Manufacturing.
Where were Panera's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Howard County and Orlando; together they form 1 facility closure and 1 mass-layoff filing sourced from Maryland DLLR and Florida Commerce. States represented in this record: FL, MD.
Where is Panera's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
Howard County accounts for 50.9% of Panera's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Does Panera's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2025 through 2026 across 2 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Panera's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway clears the federal 60-day baseline; use the dated filing history to see which location and event produced it.
See also: MD WARN filings · Manufacturing industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Panera notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.