Man says he was \u201cscammed\u201d by Panera and their $15 portion sizes TikTok: matt_epsteinAfter taking his Panera order to-go, a man was shocked to see how small the $15 portion sizes were. Ordering food to-go can be tricky \u2014 sometimes there are photos of the menu items online and other times there aren\u2019t. However, even when there are descriptive photos, the meal itself doesn\u2019t always size up to it. So, when TikToker Matt expected to get a hefty portion size of Panera\u2019s new teriyaki chicken bowl, he was shocked when he saw just how minimal it was \u2014 later saying to his TikTok following that he felt he was \u201cscammed.\u201d Viewers compare Panera\u2019s portion sizes to a \u201c$3 lean cuisine\u201d Matt was eager to order Panera\u2019s teriyaki chicken bowl after seeing its promotion for having just been added to the menu. Though he was \u201cquite surprised\u201d at the $15 price of the meal, Matt was curious about its taste, so he ordered the bowl to go. However, when he pulled the container of rice, chicken, and broccoli out, the size didn\u2019t quite measure up to its expense. Holding the to-go container up to his phone, Matt made sure to clarify just how small the portion size was, saying that there was between \u201csix to eight ounces\u201d of food given. He even mentioned being \u201ctricked\u201d by Panera, saying, \u201cI was tricked into one of the biggest scams by this company Panera Bread.\u201d Matt also claimed that Panera must be struggling financially, saying, \u201cThis company must be in serious trouble. Otherwise, I don\u2019t understand why they\u2019d be scamming customers like this.\u201d Those who saw his viral TikTok explainer took to his comments to iterate similar feelings about Panera\u2019s portion sizes and prices, saying that they would \u201cnever again\u201d buy food from the company because it\u2019s gotten to be too expensive. One viewer even joked about the meal looking like a \u201c$3 lean cuisine.\u201d While another compared Panera\u2019s menu items to \u201ccafeteria food.\u201d Though Matt did say he felt \u201cscammed,\u201d he has not commented on whether or not he\u2019ll give Panera another chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Man says he was \u201cscammed\u201d by Panera and their $15 portion sizes TikTok: matt_epsteinAfter taking his Panera order to-go, a man was shocked to see how small the $15 portion sizes were. Ordering food to-go can be tricky \u2014 sometimes there are photos of the menu items online and other times there aren\u2019t. However, even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}