Posted on 08/07/2014 2:04:19 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
A small cafe in Stillwater has thrown itself into the big battle over Minnesotas minimum wage increases, inundating the cafe with dozens of phone calls and online comments this week after it tacked on a 35-cent fee to meal tabs.
Oasis Cafe owner Craig Beemer said the fee is needed to offset the 75-cent wage hike that took effect Aug. 1, the first time Minnesotas minimum wage has increased in a decade. Even with only half a dozen servers, Beemer says it will cost him $10,000 more a year to pay servers $8 an hour instead of the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. Instead of adding it on to food prices, he added the minimum wage fee the only restaurant known to do so in Minnesota so far.
Its set off a firestorm of debate on Facebook and in the east metro community, with one customer calling the cafe Wednesday to demand a refund and others taking to Facebook to encourage people to boycott the roadside cafe.
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Or design a menu like obamacare. Based upon what it looks like you can afford. The same menu item will not cost the same for everyone. Those that look like they can afford more will subsidize the others.
Stupid people complaining wouldn’t be complaining if the guy simply increased the food prices.
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