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Panera laid-off workers: jobs, benefits and retraining

about 24,000 professional jobs are open in Illinois, including about 60 at Panera. Put in your email and we send a plan built for a layoff: benefits and deadlines first, then jobs matched to your background.

Benefits and deadlines first, then jobs that fit. One plan, and nothing else unless you ask.

All Panera layoff notices, dates and sources

Jobs open now

about 24,000 professional jobs are open in Illinois, and about 60 at Panera. Taken from employers' own career sites and checked to still be open.

These are the newest roles, not yet matched to you. Add your email at the top and tell us about your work, and we pick the jobs that fit you.

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What should I do first if I was affected?

  1. File for Ohio unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  2. File for Maryland unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  3. File for Illinois unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  4. File for Missouri unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  5. File for Michigan unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  6. Compare COBRA and marketplace health coverage before your coverage ends.
  7. Use the first 72 hours on the steps that matter most.
  8. Line up bridge income while you search.

What help is there for benefits and retraining?

The public workforce boards for each affected site. Their American Job Centers offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Not laid off? Pick what sounds like you

For anyone planning their next move at Panera or anywhere else. No résumé needed; we send a first-week plan.

Question 1

Where are you right now?

Why we ask: a laid-off week and a thinking-about-a-move week look nothing alike. No résumé, no account.

Questions

Did Panera file layoff notices?
Yes. Panera has filed 5 layoff notices with labor departments in Ohio, Maryland, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, naming 445 workers. The most recent was filed Mar 27, 2026.
How do I file for unemployment after a layoff at Panera?
File with the state where you worked, not where you live now. For Illinois, see the unemployment benefits page for the weekly amount, the number of weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
Are there jobs open for former Panera employees?
about 24,000 professional jobs are open in Illinois today, and about 60 at Panera itself. NextChapter lists them from employers' own career sites and checks that they are still open.
What help is there for retraining?
The local American Job Center for each affected site offers free job search help and often pays for training. NextChapter also lists funding programs and graded AI courses.

What did Panera file?

A layoff notice gives the number of workers and the dates the employer reported. It does not say why. Notices are published by each state.

Layoff notices filed by Panera, newest first
Notice dateEmployerStateCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
PaneraTakes effect May 20, 2026OhioButler County70ClosureState record
Panera, LLCMarylandDorsey Run Jessup118Plant ClosureState record
Panera, LLCIllinoisElk Grove Village119ClosureState record
Panera, LLCMissouri—72—State record
Panera, LLCTakes effect Jul 23, 2025MichiganWayne County66Facility closureState record

Full notice record and news mentions for Panera

Notices are as filed with state labor departments and refreshed daily; the newest is dated Mar 27, 2026. Job counts are rounded. NextChapter is independent of Panera. See the layoff tracker for how notices are collected.