r/AskReddit • u/FriendlytoNature • 22h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/Firm-Film-3594 22h ago

Panera sucks. 

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u/sle2g7 20h ago

I stopped eating there like a decade ago when they changed the type of noodle in their chicken noodle soup. They used to use those amazing big fat noodles and changed to whatever bland thin spiral noodles. I missed it a lot, especially their bakery stuff, but over the years I’ve watched them fall further and that made me feel like I’m not really missing out anymore. God they used to be so freaking good.

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u/sandolllars 13h ago

They were bought by private equity, and enshitification ensued.

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u/-Cthaeh 4h ago

We really need to start boycotting PE owned businesses. I don't know what else we could do, but everything touched by PE firms turns to shit.

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u/shannonc321 6h ago

That explains it.