Donation Requests -Covelli.com

Currently, we are only accepting applications for the Day-End Dough-Nation® Program. All other giving is done internally through our charitable campaigns. To see if your organization qualifies for the Day-End Dough-Nation® Program, please read the information below:

Day-End Dough-Nation® Program

At Panera, we embrace the opportunity to spread generosity to our communities. Generosity is at the forefront of everything we do. We care for our communities by donating to charities dedicated to feeding our neighbors in need. That’s why our bakery-cafes donate their unsold bread, bagels, and baked goods to local non-profits at the end of the night through our Day-End Dough-Nation program.

Our Panera bakery-cafes partner with thousands of organizations nationwide. The charities we work with distribute food to people in need through diverse types of programs and services. Check out several of the programs and services we support through our Day-End Dough-Nation program.   

Supported Charities, Programs, Services:

After school programs		Low-income health centers
Backpack programs		Mental health centers
Domestic violence shelters		Outreach programs
Community free meals		People with disabilities
Food pantries Low-income elderly services Soup Kitchens		Recovery services Food rescue organizations Veteran services

We are always accepting applications for the Day-End Dough-Nation program. The program requirements are listed below.

Organization Requirements:

Be a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, religious organization, or public school

Distribute the donated products to people in need, people who are ill, or to underserved and at-risk children and youth.

Commit to picking up and distributing all unsold bread, bagels, and baked goods on a weekly and continuous basis

Our Panera Bread Donations Team will respond via email to each organization’s application

To request an application for the Day-End Dough-Nation program, please send an email to the market applicable to your organization:

Tampa.Operator@Covelli.com

Orlando.Operator@Covelli.com

DONATION REQUEST REQUIREMENTS

The following requirements must be met in requesting a donation from Panera Bread:

Requirements to qualify for a donation request:

Organizations must submit a written request through the online form found on this website. Due to the volume of donation requests that we receive, we can only accept requests through this online form.
The organization must be within the vicinity of a bakery-café or general market area.
Product donations, event sponsorship requests and silent auction requests must be made a minimum of six weeks prior to the date of your event.
To ensure the quality of our product, food donations must be picked up on the day of your event.

Situations where we cannot fulfill a donation request:

Individuals’ efforts to raise funds by participating in a non-profit event (run, bike race, etc.)
Events sponsored by a competitor
Events where our product will be re-sold
Organizations seeking our day-end product. We are proud to bake fresh every day and reserve our day-end product to local food pantries and food shelters. If you are a food pantry or shelter please contact your local bakery-café directly to schedule a pick-up day.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Covelli Enterprises and Covelli Family Limited Partnership have a policy to reply to all donation requests in writing. If Covelli Enterprises and Covelli Family Limited Partnership are not able to fulfill your request, you will receive an email to that effect within four weeks of receiving your request.

If Covelli Enterprises/Covelli Family Limited Partnership is able to fulfill your request, you will receive a phone call or email to coordinate the donation within four weeks of receiving your request. Covelli Enterprises and Covelli Family Limited Partnership reserve the right to require that the organization display a “Compliments of Panera Bread” or similar sign (at a minimum) with the product donation.

Covelli Enterprises/Covelli Family Limited Partnership reserves the right to specify how the product is to be displayed and handled at the event. All decisions regarding donation requests for Northeast and Central OH, Western PA, Broward and Palm Beach County, FL, West Virginia, and Ontario, Canada, are the sole discretion of Covelli Enterprises and all decisions are final.

All decisions regarding donation requests for the Tampa, FL, East Coast, FL, and Orlando, FL, areas are the sole discretion of Covelli Family Limited Partnership, and all decisions are final.

DONATION REQUEST FORM

DONATION REQUESTS

Requirements to qualify for a donation request:

Situations where we cannot fulfill a donation request: