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Urgent update in Panera Bread settlement case as customers have one day left to get cash or free food
Panera Bread customers have until Monday to file a claim and get free food or cash from the popular fast food chain.
Panera has agreed to a $2million settlement related to a suit that claimed that the franchise misled customers about delivery and menu prices. The chain has denied any wrongdoing.
People who are eligible must have proof that they ordered delivery through the Panera app or website from October 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021.
Customers get the option to choose which kind of settlement they want from the restaurant: two free vouchers for $9.50 each for free items from Panera's 'Soup & Mac' menu, or a $12 electronic payment sent directly to them.
Monday is the last day for Panera customers to file a claim to get free food or cash from the popular chain
Panera has agreed to a $2million settlement related to a suit that claimed that the franchise misled customers about delivery and menu prices
According to the claims website, the settlement amounts could decrease based on the amount of people who participate.
The company has agreed to provide up to $200,000 worth of 'Soups & Mac' vouchers, while money for the cash settlement will come out of the Net Cash Settlement Fund.
'If there are not sufficient funds in the Net Cash Settlement Fund to award each Settlement Class Member $12, the Net Cash Settlement Fund shall be distributed on a pro rata basis to those Settlement Class Members electing a Cash Settlement Award,' the website stated.
The monetary settlement can be sent to qualified customers via PayPal, Venmo, or other electronic payment platforms.
This is not the first time Panera Bread has found itself entangled in a lawsuit, as multiple people have sued the chain over its Charged Lemonades.
The high-energy drink has since been axed from the menu after customers went into cardiac arrest and others died after consuming it.
This is not the first time Panera Bread has found itself caught up in a lawsuit, as multiple people have sued the chain over its Charged Lemonades. They have since been axed from the menu
Sarah Katz died at the age of 21 after suffering two cardiac arrests shortly after consuming the highly caffeinated beverage from the American restaurant chain.
Since her death in September 2022, multiple lawsuits have been filed against Panera Bread on behalf of others who died or were left with serious health conditions after consuming the lemonade.
The grieving parents of Katz, who was a student at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania, recently opened up about losing their daughter.
Katz's father, Michael, recalled the moment he found out that his daughter had 'collapsed' and raced to the trauma center to learn that she had suffered from cardiac arrest - but that doctors were able to resuscitate her.
However, after the 21-year-old suffered a second cardiac arrest, medical officials ended the resuscitation - leaving her heartbroken parents in 'total disbelief'.
Another teen, Luke Adams, 18, consumed the drink along with a chicken sandwich before going to a movie theater with friends around 7pm on March 9.
Luke Andrews, 18, (right) sued the company in May claiming that the Charged Lemonade caused him to go into cardiac arrest
Just two-and-a-half hours later, a friend that Luke was with found him making strange noises and discovered him to be in sudden cardiac arrest.
Fortunately, two nurses and a cardiologist were also in the theater at the time and began performing CPR on him while an automated external defibrillator was brought in and used to shock him.
Despite an irregular rhythm, Adams' heart was pumping again and he was rushed to hospital.
Luke then had seizures while in the ER and was placed in intensive care where he was intubated and placed on a ventilator according to the lawsuit filed in May in federal court in Philadelphia.