I have a million pet peeves and one of them is, children narrating commercials. Panera’s use of a young woman speaking in a soft, condescending tone puts my teeth on edge.
I never understood Panera’s “clean foods” campaign. “Pure foods” or “whole foods” would’ve been terms people understand. FWIW, I don’t think they could justify that. Their pastries are junk, their breads are not true whole-grain, their soups are manufactured products, and their salads and sandwiches are thin on high-nutrition inclusions. Besides that, they fell behind the curve on fruit smoothies, compared to all the newer franchises that specialize in high-nutrition smoothies.