We have two Panera subscriptions. Our kids love their drinks, my wife and I like the iced tea and iced coffee. We'd spent more than that at Starbucks, or Dunkin

We have two Panera subscriptions. Our kids love their drinks, my wife and I like the iced tea and iced coffee. We'd spent more than that at Starbucks, or Dunkin per month, so it was an easy switch and actually saves a lot of money. In terms of privacy, the Panera staff were shocked the first time I went through the drive through and my name came up as Mr. Panera Bread. They asked if I was the CEO. Obviously I changed the name to "Mr. Panera CEO". Now they know it's us and laugh. Subscriptions are definitely becoming overkill, but in some ways it's also easier to manage recurring monthly expenses than random ones. I have a spreadsheet with monthly bills and creating a subscription section was easy. They all go on the same card (probably bad from a privacy perspective, but the names and emails are generally unique per vendor). Now I get better visibility and can easily change subscriptions. We chop and change pretty often reviewing what we spend on. We've also used Amazon's Subscribe and Save for years. It's pretty handy to have a continuous supply of stuff that's regularly in demand. We review it every quarter or so and cut out the unused items. In the past failing to monitor it well has meant we have a dozen gallon sized Listerines, or more Tide than we'll use in a year build up, but then either it lasts, or we donate it to a food pantry. What's odd with Subscribe and Save is how many weird and one-off products appear with a subscribe and save option. I'm not sure if it's hopeful merchants, or Amazon's funkiness in their algos, but you can find bizarre things on recurring subscription. No, I don't need a monthly Raspberry Pi, or quarterly set of speakers.