Apple Card Promotion Offers 6% Cash Back at Panera

[MacRumors]

Apple in August is offering a new Apple Card promotion that will see Apple Card holders entitled to extra Daily Cash rewards for Panera Bread purchases. Through the end of the month, Apple Card users who make a purchase at Panera using Apple Pay can earn 6% cash back instead of 3% cash back.

Getting the cash back reward requires Panera customers to use Apple Pay with the Apple Card specifically, and the 6% bonus is available for up to $500 in spending throughout August. Apple Card owners who purchase $500 in Panera food can earn $30.

Purchases can be made at U.S. Panera stores, in the Panera app, and on the Panera website.

Apple partners with a number of vendors to offer three percent Daily Cash back on ‌Apple Pay‌ purchases made with ‌Apple Card‌, including Panera Bread. 3% cash back can also be earned from Ace, T-Mobile, Nike, Uber Eats, Uber, Panera, Walgreens, Exxon Mobil, and Apple's own retail stores.

Standard ‌Apple Pay‌ purchases earn two percent cash back, and all other purchases earn one percent.

(Thanks, Issa!)


Article Link: Apple Card Promotion Offers 6% Cash Back at Panera

 

[Apple Fan 2008]

6% is a lot!

 

[sw1tcher]

Maximize your savings by buying a Panera gift card at 20% off and then getting 6% Apple Cash back on it.

Apple Card holders can also get 3 months free of Panera's Unlimited Sip Club

www.panerabread.com/en-us/mypanera/subscription/applecard.html?promoCode=APPLECARD

 

[ShivneelSingh]

Maximize your savings by buying a Panera gift card at 20% off and then getting 6% Apple Cash back on it.

As someone who eats Panera Bread multiple times per week, this would help me.
Thanks for the suggest..!

 

[jz0309]

Maximize your savings by buying a Panera gift card at 20% off and then getting 6% Apple Cash back on it.

there's most likely a fine print that will not get you that ...

 

[ClockWork72]

Not at T-Mobile anymore.

 

[sleven]

A 6% discount at one of the most expensive food chains. Not bad.

 

[Born Again]

Support your mom and pops and this food isn’t very good.

I’d say acceptable

 

[ryanasimov]

Not at T-Mobile anymore.

Yeah, that is really disappointing. I spoke with both T-Mobile and Apple, and each company pointed the finger at the other saying, "We don't know why it was cancelled".

 

[zilchfox]

I'd rather save 100% on Panera by never eating there. Too expensive for what it is and what you get, IMO.

 

[coolfactor]

I'd rather save 100% on Panera by never eating there. Too expensive for what it is and what you get, IMO.

I keep trying to look at the US pricing. Their website keeps redirecting me to the Canadian site, and there's no Panera Bread shops available in my area, so just a "missing image" icon shows up. Is Panera the Starbucks of bread?

 

[mrgraff]

I keep trying to look at the US pricing. Their website keeps redirecting me to the Canadian site, and there's no Panera Bread shops available in my area, so just a "missing image" icon shows up. Is Panera the Starbucks of bread?

Panera is a Denny's pretending to be upscale.

 

[deeddawg]

Meh. Extra cash back at a place I never go to is of no use. Good for those who go there I guess.

(Used to like Panera for lunch - until they dropped the french onion soup and the service at the store near my office sucked so hard that I quit going. Now I work from home and there's much better locally owned places far closer than the nearest panera.)

 

[LV426]

That’s a substantial amount of dough.

 

[sleven]

As someone who eats Panera Bread multiple times per week, this would help me.
Thanks for the suggest..!

Tell me you’re rich without saying you’re rich. 😏

 

[newyorksole]

why can’t it be Chipotle, Dos Torros, SweetGreen or somewhere else lol.

there is a Panera near me though so maybe I’ll go.

 

[ackmondual]

I'd rather save 100% on Panera by never eating there. Too expensive for what it is and what you get, IMO.

Like with other types of these stores, it's also about the other amenities... wifi, better furniture to sit on, restrooms, escape inclement weather (it's hot in some places, and I've used similar venues when the rain picked up). Last but not least, it's a cheaper venue to host. Perhaps not for executive meetings, but social get togethers, and your place isn't big enough, close enough, or you'd rather not have strangers there due to having kids, whatever.

I normally don't need such amenities, so I just whip up anything at home. Food trucks have been nice in that regard b/c without those amenities, their food has to be good.

 

[MacGizmo]

Yeah, that is really disappointing. I spoke with both T-Mobile and Apple, and each company pointed the finger at the other saying, "We don't know why it was cancelled".

The T-Mobile people you spoke with are either uninformed or were told to lie to you.

They actually made some statement at some sort of event or in a report (I honestly can't remember where I read it) that they had to remove credit card payment options for their plans due to the credit card fees they get hit with, otherwise they couldn't maintain the "affordable, all-inclusive" prices they offer.

Regardless, you know it always comes down to money... so in this case it's probably both sides wanting to keep as much as they can.

 

[iphonejeffneil]

mmmmm overpriced hospital cafeteria food, now 6% off. Score!

 

[btbeme]

People should try eating at that restaurant very near them - it's called "Kitchen," and it can save you a lot more than 6%. Would be nice to see a rebate like that for grocery stores...

 

[Mengels7]

I can't wait to spend $500 on reheated frozen food from Panera this month to reap the max benefit of this promo. Thanks Apple.

 

[Marcus PM]

Yeah, that is really disappointing. I spoke with both T-Mobile and Apple, and each company pointed the finger at the other saying, "We don't know why it was cancelled".

T-Mobile is trying to stop people from using credit cards. So now they only give the top discounts to those who link a bank account to pay the T-Mobile bill.

 

[bluespark]

Shouldn’t it really pay you to eat at Panera?

 

[djrobsd]

6 percent off overpriced is STILL overpriced. $14.99 for 2 mediocre slices of bread, 1 slice of cheese and 1 slice of Turkey disguised as a Turkey club sandwich is a total rip off and another $4 for a drink. Hard pass.

 

[NervousFish2]

Not at T-Mobile anymore.

True! So annoying. I had my bill auto-paying to my Apple Card, and was gettin 3% back. Now they switched to needing debit card or bank account direct debit... you can still get the 3% back on in-store purchases, but obviously over the course of a year of phone bills, the loss of that 3% is a hefty setback. Thanks T-Mobile.