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OK, fair enough. Do you think they got any benefit by being

Posted on: February 13, 2019 at 13:01:15 CT

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part of panera bread?

In volume discounts in purchases, and tax breaks, any name recognition to spur business....?

Anything at all.

This was a charitable wing of a for profit business.

It failed.

Edited by hokie at 13:01:34 on 02/13/19

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Panera Bread experiment with socialism fails. Duh. - hokie VT - 2/13 12:13:07

How was that socialist? - JG A - 2/13 14:00:27

I saw that. Duh is right. Lemme guess. He - GA Tiger MU - 2/13 12:30:37

Why are you against a corporation promoting the - MrBlueSky MU - 2/13 12:29:50

I'm not against business having pricing policies however - hokie VT - 2/13 12:37:07

RE: I'm not against business having pricing policies however - ummmm MU - 2/13 12:38:44

Come on ummm, you're not stupid. This was not a - hokie VT - 2/13 12:42:01

hokie, being ignorant is pitiable. Being stupid is pitiable - 90Tiger MU - 2/13 12:52:23

I'm touched. Cowards rarely pity anyone but themselves. nm - hokie VT - 2/13 12:59:06

Feel free to apologize for calling me stupid. - ummmm MU - 2/13 12:46:31

Where did i do that? nm - hokie VT - 2/13 12:51:11

RE: Where did i do that? nm - ummmm MU - 2/13 12:55:08

Maybe you really are stupid. Geeesch, my first line - hokie VT - 2/13 12:57:55

I'm not going to argue this meaningless point - ummmm MU - 2/13 13:01:50

You are such a delicate little flower aren't you? And my - hokie VT - 2/13 13:03:20

What's the nuttiest thing I've said on this Board? (nm) - ummmm MU - 2/13 13:06:41

Sorry princess, there are issues OTHER THAN YOU that - hokie VT - 2/13 13:12:04

he’s asking about issues. are you being a coward? (nm) - pickle MU

- 2/13 13:20:40

I want to discuss the "nutty" issue, not me. (nm) - ummmm MU - 2/13 13:14:10

Panera Cares was organized as a non-profit, fyi. (nm) - ummmm MU - 2/13 12:44:27

OK, fair enough. Do you think they got any benefit by being - hokie VT - 2/13 13:01:15

RE: OK, fair enough. Do you think they got any benefit by being - ummmm MU - 2/13 13:02:39

How did that work out? Is anyone benefitting from their - hokie VT - 2/13 12:50:56

It didn't work out well. Non-profits go belly up, too. - ummmm MU - 2/13 12:55:46

RE: Panera Cares was organized as a non-profit, fyi. (nm) - scan MU - 2/13 12:45:21

Opposition to corp promoting good of people not expressed - Alferd Packer MU

- 2/13 12:35:35

Would it kill you to learn what socialism is and isn’t? - pickle MU

- 2/13 12:24:11

People keep calling that a "socialist experiment", but it's - ummmm MU - 2/13 12:15:29

Socialism: government ownership of the means of production - Alferd Packer MU

- 2/13 12:32:24

Yes, the wall is an example of a socialized good - ummmm MU - 2/13 12:35:29

"socialized good" - Alferd Packer MU

- 2/13 12:40:16

Jesus Wyco have a tiny bit of dignity for once* - JG A - 2/13 14:01:34

Lol, this is not difficult to grasp - MrBlueSky MU - 2/13 12:56:52

It's a good where everyone pays, government produces, and - ummmm MU - 2/13 12:43:42

In regards to the irrelevant distinction you drew - ummmm MU - 2/13 12:48:06

How ****ing hard is it? - pickle MU

- 2/13 12:24:43

it's not laziness - TheShoe STL - 2/13 12:28:35

Promote the common good. Lol. Who determines the common - TigerMatt STL - 2/13 12:54:35

This is a thread about Panera creating "pay as much - MrBlueSky MU - 2/13 12:57:57

Well it doesn't work with the entitled mentality the left - TigerMatt STL - 2/13 13:01:03

Dam. U started good then went down in flames. Next. Nm - yy4u MU - 2/13 12:21:34