Panera has gone down IMHO. I did take out this week and was very disappointed. I ordered two varieties of chicken salad- Green Goddess Cobb with Chicken and Fuji Apple with Chicken. Neither of the salads had a lot of chicken. It was quite pitiful. I had to go back to the counter and request extra portions on each one. The salads have gotten smaller and each had really mushy tomatoes. This is not the first time that I have had to request more chicken due to an inadequate helping on the salad. It feels like they are trying to cut corners. With the salads ranging about $9, I cannot pay that price just for lettuce. There needs to be some substance to the salad. I think some of the other fast food salads are equal to or better than these for less money.
Will be going elsewhere for entree salads in the future.