That's success? Show me a restaurant running a 20% margin. There ain't none. So, even these 'successes' are losing money.
ya mean this doesn’t work, dang gotta go back and fix my business plan
Don’t be too harsh on them. Communism implies people forced to donate to the “common good”. On the other hand, Panera is free to do whatever it wants, including throw money from the rooftops.
It’s an interesting experiment.
Why is this a surprise? Portland is loaded with liberals. And liberals are notorious for giving minimum amounts to charity. And they basically believe in taking, not giving.
Making 80% of the retail price is a “success”??
How many of these leftist coffee shops and stuff have we heard about that always go belly up?
Besides what’s so terrible about an unusual way to do charity anyway?
Liberals will lap this sh*& up on a national level. Panera knows damn well there wouldn’t be any money in it, it just “feels good”.~sarc I personally will avoid Panera at all costs however.
It is just so easy to understand why.....Communism is about The Big Lie. All is deception (no trust can exist). Economy can’t flourish without trust—neither can families. Communism destroys families on purpose.
Why is it all lies—because of the underlying philosophy——The End justifies the Means. (Lying is permissible—just like in Islam, if it furthers their goal. Trust can never exist with people who believe it is good to lie. Good character does not exist in liars—with bad character, no loyalty and trust exists.).
It denies equal worth and dignity of all people (unlike Christianity). In other words....whoever holds the power can destroy or kill whomever makes the collective a better place—it is why trust can not exist. A few elites have control over life and death.
Societies in Communist nations have no trust of anyone—not even their state controlled children. No trust fosters fear and solitude. All organizations like the feminist ones, homosexual ones, ACLU (legal), Planned Parent, La Raza, Black Power—etc., were founded by Communists....to destroy Christianity and the natural family-—the teachings that it is wrong to lie, wrong to adhere to principles of chastity, etc—things which are known to promote trust.......These groups were designed to destroy trust and unity and separate.
Cultural Marxists want to destroy Western Civilization and remove the idea of private property rights which is the only thing keeping human beings from being treated like a termite colony. Agenda 21 is to create this termite colony.
Free food in St. Louis!!!!???? What’s the address????
In addition to encouraging piople to do nothing egalitarianism also leads them to demand everything. It is tantamount to the abolition not only of causality in the earning of income, but also of cost in the spending of income.
Bet the model would work in an upscale neighborhood. Just have a big screen showing everybody paid.
Bet the model would work in an upscale neighborhood. Just have a big screen showing everybody paid.
Note this restaurant lasted in the Wall Street era from 1885 until 1963 based on the honestly of its customers. It survived WW I, WWII, even the poor times of the depression. The affluent age killed it.
The first Exchange Buffet (”E & B”) restaurant opened in 1885 on New Street, near the New York Stock Exchange. The restaurants operated on the honor system—patrons took food from the buffet tables, then told the cashier what they had taken.
The system was called “eat ‘em and beat ‘em” (or “eat it and beat it”), after the “E & B” name. Most customers were honest, although some did “beat ‘em.” The Exchange Buffet went bankrupt in 1963 and the term “eat ‘em and beat ‘em” is no longer used.
They lose money on every sale, but they make it up in volume.
Mark
I'm sure there's a bit of a buffer built in, like those $16 muffins in DC.
If you’ve ever been to Portland, you already know why it failed.
The Vienna Inn, in Vienna Virginia, does not leave a check at the table. At the register patrons recite what thy had and are charged on that basis. I’d say they are very close to 100 percent in revenue against orders. It’s not a system that will work everywhere but the Inn, known for its inexpensive chili dogs, makes it work.
I eat there several times a year, usually relating to a food donation they make to a charity event I manage. And sometimes I’m just passing by. Marty and the crew do a great job.
I wouldn't go near a place with a motto like that. Their responsibility is to serve me decent food. Mine is to give them money in return. Nothing shared about it.
We have several Paneras in my area, and they don’t offer this feature. You have to pay the regular price.
They make the best Greek salad with grilled chicken, which is why I go there. Their coffee is good too.