I think it's finding motivated people that is willing to do the work.
Back in the day High Schoolers and college students would work at fast food restaurants after school for extra money, and you would get some very bright individuals who were just working for extra money but didn't expect to make a career out of it.
These days it seems the only pool of workers that fast food restaurants pull from is the local probation office.
Odd that Chick-fil-A has no problem.
Maybe it's because they treat their employees as valued people?
These days it seems the only pool of workers that fast food restaurants pull from is the local probation office.
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Why work in fast food when you can work in a barista with a constant flow of traffic, without the grease pit?
Both fast food and coffee outlets are completely saturated with location after location.
The “rub” for these businesses is the customer & labor supply have more choices at this time.
Location did you say? In Australia Burger King operates under the name “Hungry Jack”, and does very well. Their locations are typically packed, their service is quick and largely automated with ordering kiosks, and their menu items include the veggie burger which was dropped from the U.S. menu several years ago when they introduced the “Impossible Burger”.
Our BK has a great location yet other than at breakfast you rarely see any traffic. I haven’t at at BK is over a year. They had a BOGO chicken sandwich offer and I tried to order that and they were clueless to their own sell in progress.
Their food and service is awful even for fast food. The sonic next door is constantly packed.