LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	I hereby constitute and appoint Mark Hood,
signing individually, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


1.	execute, for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer and/or
director of Panera Bread Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the related rules;

2.	perform any acts on my behalf which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and
to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.	take any other action in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to me, in my best interest, or legally
required, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this power of attorney shall be
in such form and contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

I hereby grant to
each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to perform any act
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of  any of the rights and
powers granted in this power of attorney, as fully as I could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or their
substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers granted in this power of attorney.  I
acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming any
of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934.

This power of attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to my holdings of and transactions in the Company's
securities, unless I revoke it earlier in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this
power of attorney this 31s day of August, 2004.



Thomas C.
Kish
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