Panera Mac and Cheese TikTok Controversy

Overview

Panera Mac and Cheese TikTok Controversy refers to a viral TikTok video posted by a Panera Bread employee in which she reveals how Panera makes mac and cheese by reheating a frozen packet. The video originally posted in October 2019 quickly went viral and caused Panera to fire the TikTok user.

Background

On October 6th, 2019, TikTok user @briannaraelenee uploaded a video using the look at this dude sound clip in which she prepares mac and cheese at Panera Bread (shown below). The video gained over 952,200 likes and 71,400 shares in nine days.

Notable Developments

On October 7th, 2019, @briannaraelenee uploaded another TikTok video in which she explains that she still thinks Panera's soups are good despite being frozen (shown below, left). The video garnered over 4,300 likes and 160 shares in eight days. On October 9th, @briannaraelenee uploaded another video in which she announced that was fired that day (shown below, right). The video accumulated over 15,300 likes in six days.

On October 11th, Twitter user @UberFacts reposted the TikTok video and gained over 67,200 likes and 11,600 retweets in four days (shown below).

On October 11th, Brianna Ramirez who posted the original video replied to the Twitter post saying, "lol i lost my job for this video" (shown below, left). The replied gathered over 699,200 likes and 114,200 retweets in four days. The next day, @BriiRamirezz^[2] answered various questions like how did her employers find out (shown below, right). Her reply gained over 23,600 likes and 340 retweets in three days.

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