Fast-casual bakery-cafe chain Panera Bread is launching its latest menu innovation: Salad Stuffers, a bread bowl for salad made with a new Italian Stuffer Roll.

Panera chefs and bakers innovated the new Italian Stuffer Roll to deliver a balance of bread and dressed salad in each bite. Panera Bread customers can make any salad on the menu a Stuffer, from classics like the Green Goddess Cobb Salad with Chicken or Caesar Salad to two chef-crafted options created specifically for this new innovation, available at participating cafes:

• Steakhouse Salad Stuffer: Romaine and arugula tossed in Panera's new Farmhouse Ranch dressing made with buttermilk, with marinated sliced steak, applewood-smoked bacon, gorgonzola, pickled red onions, grape tomato and crispy frizzled onions, all in the Italian Stuffer Roll.
• Santa Fe Salad Stuffer: Romaine tossed in ranch dressing, with grilled chicken, taco seasoning, roasted corn, feta, zesty sweet peppers, pickled red onion, fresh cilantro and blue corn tortilla strips, all in the Italian Stuffer Roll.

"We're thrilled to bring this innovative menu category nationwide - our guests who tested Salad Stuffers couldn't get enough of our new Italian Stuffer Roll paired with new, bold salad flavors," said Mark Shambura, chief marketing officer for Panera Bread. "Just like soup in our bread bowl is the perfect match, Salad Stuffers bring salad and bread together in a way that is sure to be the next icon on the Panera menu."

New Salad Stuffers are available for dine-in, delivery, Rapid Pick-Up or drive-thru at Panera Bread bakery-cafes nationwide.

Source: Panera Bread