The Company Behind Panera's Soups Also Makes These Grocery Store Items - Tasting Table

"The Panera soup craze really starts to amp up in the fall, once temperatures drop a bit and the sky starts looking like something out of a "Twilight" movie, but technically, the brand rotates and supplies its core soups all year round. Panera's soups are also available at grocery retailers, so customers can stock up on their favorite cups of creamy baked potato soup for enjoyment even in the middle of July."

"Panera's store-bought soups are manufactured by Blount Fine Foods, which was revealed a few years ago when the company issued a voluntary limited recall of Panera's Southwest Corn Chowder cups. Other than making products for Panera, Blount Fine Foods makes an expansive list of products under its own family of brands, which includes Blount's Family Kitchen, Blount Fine Foods, and Blount Clam Shack."

Panera offers core soups year-round and sells packaged soup cups through grocery retailers. Panera's in-restaurant soups arrive frozen, while store-bought Panera-branded soups are manufactured by Blount Fine Foods. Blount issued a voluntary limited recall of Panera's Southwest Corn Chowder cups a few years ago, which revealed the manufacturing relationship. Blount Fine Foods produces a wide range of fresh and frozen soups, side dishes, sauces, and pot pies under brands such as Blount's Family Kitchen and Blount Clam Shack, and also makes soups, chowders, and bisques for Legal Sea Foods. Blount has produced pre-packaged foods since 1880, remains family-owned, and operates facilities in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Texas.

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