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business2 years ago

Toronto's 'Pay What You Can' Anti-Capitalist Café Closes After One Year

The Anarchist, an anti-capitalist café and coffee shop in Toronto, Canada, with a "pay what you can" business model, will close at the end of May after just over a year in business. The café offered drip coffee with a "pay what you can" price tag while charging for other beverages and breakfast pastries to subsidize the lost revenue. Despite its closure, the owner called it a "huge success" that sparked debate and experimented with "living and working in ways that don't enthusiastically embrace the pure misanthropy of Capitalism."

business2 years ago

Toronto's anti-capitalist cafe with 'pay what you can' model shuts down after one year.

The Anarchist, an anti-capitalist coffee shop in Toronto, is closing after a year in business due to a lack of generational wealth/seed capital from ethically bankrupt sources. The cafe had a "pay what you can" model that was subsidized by pricier drinks, but the model was not successful. The shop also faced criticism for charging high prices for inexpensive coffee and drinks. The owner plans to use the inspiration and education gained from the experience in future projects.

business2 years ago

'Pay What You Can' Cafe Closes After One Year of Anti-Capitalist Experiment.

The Anarchist, an anti-capitalist coffee shop in Toronto that operated on a "pay what you can" system, is closing down after slightly more than a year in business. The owner blamed the lack of "seed capital" from "ethically bankrupt sources" for the failure of the business venture. Businesses in Canada have been severely impacted by government lockdowns and vaccine mandates over the past three years. The Anarchist is not the first small business founded on explicitly leftist principles to recently fail in spectacular fashion.