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Panera Cafe General Manager

Panera Bread
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/8/2026

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Cafe General Manager

When you join Panera, as a Cafe General Manager, you join in our belief that food should not only taste good, but also be good for you. 

Come make a difference with Panera as a Cafe General Manager, and lead one of our outstanding teams to success today!

Cafe General Manager

About the Cafe General Manager position:

You make it happen. It’s simple — our guests love our food and we love our guests. As a General Manager, it’s up to you to create an everyday oasis for them to meet friends, celebrate special occasions or complete an important work project while enjoying a meal in a bakery-cafe.

It’s about being our best. Your role as a General Manager is to continually invest in and develop our cafe teams to help them execute flawless service and create memorable experiences.

We keep it real. Our customer service is as authentic and wholesome as our food — quality ingredients and relationships without the filler.

We’re looking for:

5 years’ General Manager experience preferred

Basic food safety understanding and ServSafe certified

Enjoy the good stuff:

Bonus potential of up $1000 per month

Meal discounts

Health benefits

Paid vacation 

Development opportunities

We are Panera Bread.
And we believe that good food, food you can feel good about, can bring out the best in all of us. Food served in a warm, welcoming environment, by people who care. To us, that’s good eating and that’s why we’re here.

Salary : $1,000

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