How TF did Panera cost me nearly $20

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Panera grosses me out. Especially all the creepy leeches who “work” on their laptops and drink their subscription soda and coffee all day. Doesn’t help that it looks like their long standing cafes haven’t been renovated in 20 years. Everything is so dingy and depressing.

This does seem to be particularly bad at Panera for some reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The quality has been in a long decline but it's heading into a death spiral now. They don't even have a bakery any more, it's all frozen stuff now. My brother back in the day (like 25 years ago) used to go in and actually bake for them.

Interesting. The Panera opened near me about 25 years ago. The pastries were so disappointing and I was confused because they called it a bakery. I talked to one of the employees and they told me everything was shipped in, nothing baked on premises. That was way back then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:(Ugh, at the risk of stirring up feelings from that other recent thread) I left Chipotle the other night having paid more than that and feeling a little discombobulated by it. With double steak and adding guac, well, things got expensive.

Well don’t double then! Chipotle is still tasty. Prices went up but at least it’s still good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Panera grosses me out. Especially all the creepy leeches who “work” on their laptops and drink their subscription soda and coffee all day. Doesn’t help that it looks like their long standing cafes haven’t been renovated in 20 years. Everything is so dingy and depressing.

This does seem to be particularly bad at Panera for some reason.

I think it is the bottomless drinks membership and it is also much bigger than a Starbucks while still having the coffeehouse vibe.

[Anonymous]

Panera has really gone downhill. Ate there weekly 15 years ago but never go now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s everywhere, price hikes and more salt. I miss good shake shack burgers below $10.

Me too! My son and I went the other day. We each got a burger, fries, and a shake. $50!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Panera grosses me out. Especially all the creepy leeches who “work” on their laptops and drink their subscription soda and coffee all day. Doesn’t help that it looks like their long standing cafes haven’t been renovated in 20 years. Everything is so dingy and depressing.

You’re creeped out by people who work at a place known to not aak people to leave drinking a drink they pay for under a heavily advertised pricing model?

Yes, I’m very creeped out by shameless adults who think guzzling an essentially free subscription drink gives them carte blanche to sit on their ass in restaurant for hours on end every day.

The subscription people also bring in their own cups and will fill up Big Gulp sized cups of coffee, iced coffee, and other drinks. They’re repulsive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Panera grosses me out. Especially all the creepy leeches who “work” on their laptops and drink their subscription soda and coffee all day. Doesn’t help that it looks like their long standing cafes haven’t been renovated in 20 years. Everything is so dingy and depressing.

This does seem to be particularly bad at Panera for some reason.

I think it is the bottomless drinks membership and it is also much bigger than a Starbucks while still having the coffeehouse vibe.

Paneras always had creeps sitting in there all day long before the relatively recent subscription drink thing. But the subscription has probably made it worse. I can’t imagine how unwell you’d have to be to have that routine every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s everywhere, price hikes and more salt. I miss good shake shack burgers below $10.

A double shake shack burger without cheese is about $10. More than fair. It’s actually fresh and delicious. While literally nothing at Panera is fresh or delicious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Panera grosses me out. Especially all the creepy leeches who “work” on their laptops and drink their subscription soda and coffee all day. Doesn’t help that it looks like their long standing cafes haven’t been renovated in 20 years. Everything is so dingy and depressing.

This does seem to be particularly bad at Panera for some reason.

I think it is the bottomless drinks membership and it is also much bigger than a Starbucks while still having the coffeehouse vibe.

Paneras always had creeps sitting in there all day long before the relatively recent subscription drink thing. But the subscription has probably made it worse. I can’t imagine how unwell you’d have to be to have that routine every day.

+1 Those remote workers are repulsive. Can’t understand why companies have permitted so many employees not come into the office.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s everywhere, price hikes and more salt. I miss good shake shack burgers below $10.

A double shake shack burger without cheese is about $10. More than fair. It’s actually fresh and delicious. While literally nothing at Panera is fresh or delicious.

I would never ever pay more than $5 for a burger. To me $10 for food costing them $2 or less is a total ripoff.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Panera grosses me out. Especially all the creepy leeches who “work” on their laptops and drink their subscription soda and coffee all day. Doesn’t help that it looks like their long standing cafes haven’t been renovated in 20 years. Everything is so dingy and depressing.

You’re creeped out by people who work at a place known to not aak people to leave drinking a drink they pay for under a heavily advertised pricing model?

Yes, I’m very creeped out by shameless adults who think guzzling an essentially free subscription drink gives them carte blanche to sit on their ass in restaurant for hours on end every day.

The subscription people also bring in their own cups and will fill up Big Gulp sized cups of coffee, iced coffee, and other drinks. They’re repulsive.

I mean, that’s whom they are targeting. Who else would want a bottomless drink subscription from Panera or
Starbucks? Don’t act surprised

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love those egg souffle things. Picked one up recently because I needed something quick and it was terrible. Panera overall was never amazing, but it used to be at least decently fresh and healthy (depending what you ordered) in comparison to similarly priced fast casual.

The main draw for me was always the bread and other baked goods. Now that the bread comes in frozen and has declined in quality there is no reason for me to go in there.

My son used to love their cheese danish. Lots of early morning weekend memories from there; of course, the location that was near us has since closed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Panera grosses me out. Especially all the creepy leeches who “work” on their laptops and drink their subscription soda and coffee all day. Doesn’t help that it looks like their long standing cafes haven’t been renovated in 20 years. Everything is so dingy and depressing.

You’re creeped out by people who work at a place known to not aak people to leave drinking a drink they pay for under a heavily advertised pricing model?

Yes, I’m very creeped out by shameless adults who think guzzling an essentially free subscription drink gives them carte blanche to sit on their ass in restaurant for hours on end every day.

The subscription people also bring in their own cups and will fill up Big Gulp sized cups of coffee, iced coffee, and other drinks. They’re repulsive.

I mean, that’s whom they are targeting. Who else would want a bottomless drink subscription from Panera or
Starbucks? Don’t act surprised

No that's not who they're targeting. Those are low-trust leeches exploiting a program. Panera is hoping that low cost drink subscription nudges patrons to come in or use the drive-thru more frequently to buy food to compliment the drink and/or rarely use the drink subscription and forget about the small fee while it charges them for months on end (like a gym membership). Panera is 100% losing money on those creepy leeches drinking Big Gulp-sized cups of their drinks and not ordering anything else -- even worse if they also steal a table for hours on end while they "work" on a laptop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Panera grosses me out. Especially all the creepy leeches who “work” on their laptops and drink their subscription soda and coffee all day. Doesn’t help that it looks like their long standing cafes haven’t been renovated in 20 years. Everything is so dingy and depressing.

You’re creeped out by people who work at a place known to not aak people to leave drinking a drink they pay for under a heavily advertised pricing model?

Yes, I’m very creeped out by shameless adults who think guzzling an essentially free subscription drink gives them carte blanche to sit on their ass in restaurant for hours on end every day.

The subscription people also bring in their own cups and will fill up Big Gulp sized cups of coffee, iced coffee, and other drinks. They’re repulsive.

I mean, that’s whom they are targeting. Who else would want a bottomless drink subscription from Panera or
Starbucks? Don’t act surprised

No that's not who they're targeting. Those are low-trust leeches exploiting a program. Panera is hoping that low cost drink subscription nudges patrons to come in or use the drive-thru more frequently to buy food to compliment the drink and/or rarely use the drink subscription and forget about the small fee while it charges them for months on end (like a gym membership). Panera is 100% losing money on those creepy leeches drinking Big Gulp-sized cups of their drinks and not ordering anything else -- even worse if they also steal a table for hours on end while they "work" on a laptop.

I have never been in a Panera where there was no where for me to sit if I wanted to.

You have a very low tolerance. This is nothing to be upset over. No one is going every 2 hours for a drink, so if someone gets 8 drinks worth in 1.5 hours, it’s still less than they are entitled to.

I’ve never had this subscription model but who cares this much about people who do?!