The program, Panera Cares, was initially created to serve food to low-income people nine years ago in 2010. The concept was a pay-what-you-want business model in which patrons visiting the restaurant could eat for a donation.
In 2010, Ron Shaich — the company’s founder and former CEO — said that the program’s aim was a “test of humanity.”
I won’t spoil the ending.

Technically for a restaurant, they had a long run. But students and the homeless, taking food for free? I’m dumbfounded.
why do do gooders, bible bangers and virtue signaling lefties, always want to steal successful failure the from successfully failed
NME000:
You might want to give some thought to sentence structure and correct word usage if you expect any reader to understand the gibberish you attempt to pawn off as a statement supporting any of your vague rants against religion, Jews and the promotion of stupid conspiracy theories.
BCer
“Human nature” indeed. It would be better named take-what-you-want.
Apparently not everyone wants the UN to control free speech. Do you agree? In 2019 I will fight for free speech and say NO to the UN. #PPC #BernierNation
Liberal candidate wants UN to control the internet.
https://mobile.twitter.com/TrueNorthCentre/status/1093526799550763008
This wasn’t even socialism. Just common or garden stupidity.
Under socialism, only the Great Leader and his bootlickers get to feast for free.
The only surprise is that it lasted as long as it did, a whole nine years.
Something about the into the dustbin of history.
That is one thing that jumps out at me regarding the left. They simply do not understand human nature. Only a fool would think that low-end people are going to pay anything. They are pissed about being poor and less-motivated … so they don’t feel they owe anything. Rather, they think they are owed.
FREE STUFF is the main Democrat message, then they pull the rug out and laugh at the stupidity of their very own supporters who themselves are dullards-deluxe.
And the LOL about Voter stupidity … in public … with no consequences …
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/10/obamacare-architect-we-passed-law-due-to-stupidity/
And all you need to do is look at the cratering American graduation rates and test scores to know that the invasion of illegals is making the American electorate (yes, they’re voting) dumber than ever. The leftists have transformed America into a Venezuela-in-waiting. A majority of stupidity.
I don’t consider this socialism, only rather naive charity.
Their biggest mistake was trying to run such programs in left-leaning cities, where charities don’t tend to do well.