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2016-10-18 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Guiyang restaurant tries out 'pay what you want' policy, loses 100,000 RMB ($15k) in a week

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-10-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Arithmetic wins again!

Posted by SteveS 2016-10-18 00:59|| 2016-10-18 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Different cultures, different results. Had they tried it in Iceland, the results would probably have been different.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-10-18 07:44|| 2016-10-18 07:44|| Front Page Top

#3 I think there was a restaurant in Portland this year that did the same thing, with the same results. Most lefties are unusually naïve...

Posted by Raj 2016-10-18 15:47|| 2016-10-18 15:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Panera Bread chain tried this a few years ago. My search found two articles related to that program - pay what you want. First was the pee your pants excited about the program. The other was a preliminary report on the St. Louis area results - averaged 75% of listed price, and that there was initially great support, and that fancy restaurants in rich neighborhoods do not have many disadvantaged customers, and that many customers were not aware of the program.

So I would guess that there was an initial support of people paying for a bowl of chili with a $20 and telling the restaurant to keep the change (instead of tipping, heh) and a number of customers just paid the total without knowing the program, and enough people took advantage of the program to counter-act the supporters and drop the average sale to 75%.

No mention of the program on their web site.

I'm guessing other than 15 minutes of glowing publicity: failure.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-10-18 16:09|| 2016-10-18 16:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, so they organized a public charity entity Panera Cares - 2 locations nationwide.

Can't pay for your food, earn a voucher after an hour of volunteer time at the location. Also, can't pay then you have to stay in the restaurant to eat your meal.

Pictures crack me up - certainly not in a food desert, as polite elites would say.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-10-18 16:19|| 2016-10-18 16:19|| Front Page Top

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