2 Butler County Panera restaurants now offering delivery

Panera Bread has launched its new Panera Delivery in the Cincinnati area, including Butler and Warren counties. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Panera Bread has launched its new Panera Delivery in the Cincinnati area, including Butler and Warren counties. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Two Panera Bread restaurants in Butler County are now delivering small orders.

The West Chester Twp. and Fairfield locations are among 12 Panera cafes across the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky market that are offering delivery, its area franchisee announced Monday.

The locations are:

  • Fairfield (500 Kolb Drive)
  • West Chester Twp. (7725 Voice of America Drive)
  • Deerfield Twp. (5095 Deerfield Road)
  • Beechmont (7711 Beechmont Ave.)
  • Blue Ash (11033 Reed Hartman Hwy.)
  • Clifton Heights (120 Calhoun Street)
  • Hyde Park (3806 Paxton Drive)
  • Kenwood (8115 Montgomery Road)
  • Tri County (405 East Kemper Road)
  • Crestview Hills (2911 Dixie Highway)
  • Florence (7150 Houston Road)
  • Newport (169 Pavillion Pky.)

Nine other Tri-State locations are not able to deliver because of “execution restraints and back-of-house limitations,” according to Melanie Murray, regional marketing director for Covelli Enterprises.

Here’s how delivery works:

  • Single orders can be delivered within 8 minutes of the delivery café.
  • Delivery charge is $3.
  • Minimum order is $5.
  • Delivery orders must be made by credit card through the Panera Bread app or panerabread.com.
  • Delivery service hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Orders can be placed between 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The company’s Rapid Pick Up option, which allows customers to place pick-up orders online or via the Panera Bread app, is available at every Panera Bread cafe in the region.

A new Mason-Kings Mills Panera will open Nov. 7 with fast-lane kiosks that allow customers to place their in-cafe order without visiting a cashier, the company announced.

Covelli Enterprises is hiring for the Mason-Kings Mills cafe and is also seeking drivers at the 12 cafes with delivery service. Applications are being taken in-cafe or online at panerabread.jobs.