California's minimum wage hike blamed for Fosters Freeze store closing down — worker laments she'd rather have the old wage because 'now we don't have a job'

AP MoneyWise ^ | April 5, 2024 | Jing Pan

[grundle]

A Fosters Freeze outlet in Lemoore shut down on Monday — the same day the new minimum wage kicked in — and its workers are now out of a job.

Monica Navarro, former assistant general manager of that Fosters Freeze location, told Fox Business that she and her former colleagues would prefer the old wage over being unemployed.

“From the people that I spoke to, my employees, we would have rather stayed at the wage that we did have before, just because now we don't have a job,” she said. She also observed the impacts of the new minimum wage on those fortunate enough to keep their jobs, stating, “Those who are still working in the areas around us that went up to $20 an hour, they got their hours severely cut and it's a lot less people working on shifts, so their jobs got a lot more difficult.”

[grundle]

Several months ago, the chain had 64 locations in the U.S. If it can get the total down to 60, it will be exempt the new minimum wage law.

[central_va]

Ok, so who is doing the work of these OVERPAID people let go? Is the work not getting done? Perhaps this postition needed eliminating anyway.

[mikelets456]

The Marxist left’s march on destroying small businesses and companies…

[Qwapisking]

or open another one somewhere else where there are sane politicians. oh...sorry. I just saw what I did there.

[Jonty30]

The solution, imo, for minimum wage workers are not perpetual increases in the minimum wage. But to increase the pathways to learning marketable skills.

[Ann Archy]

Hey Monica.....how do you LOVE your Gov. Newsome now?? STOP VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS!!!

[wny]

first rule of economics: true minimum wage is zero.

[ArcadeQuarters]

her former colleagues would prefer the old wage over being unemployed.

Discovering the real minimum wage.

[central_va]

So who is doing her job now? I assume she actully did something at work.....

[butlerweave]

Just wait until their EV mandate kicks in the jobs in the auto industry and connected to it will go bye bye

[strange1]

“..Ok, so who is doing the work of these OVERPAID people let go? Is the work not getting done? Perhaps this postition needed eliminating anyway...”

I’ve read where some of these companies are just closing shop.

[central_va]

Will another retailer step in?

[Omnivore-Dan]

It’s just amazing how self destructive Californians are. Buy electric!!! Shut down power plants!!! Pay illegals!!! Don’t use air conditioners, or charge your car!!! Oh yeah..watch where you step!

[central_va]

So who is going to meet the demand for those retail products going forward? My guess another store will open up.

[Carriage Hill]

Simple fix: Bake bread on premise, and be exempted from the $20/hr crap.

[CatOwner]

This might have more impact if the stories weren’t repeating the same location in the remote location of Lemoore, CA, with a population of less than 30,000.

[RoosterRedux]

Well, there’s one good thing the Democrats do. Their stupid policies are teaching everyday Americans about economics and why some things that might sound good to people who know nothing about business (like a minimum wage) just don’t work.

[Pontiac]

Scott Rodrick, who owns 18 McDonald’s locations in the state, told CNN he has raised prices about 5% to 7% in the last three months to anticipate the higher wages. Instead of cutting any worker hours, he also plans to grow his delivery operations and make decisions about large capital expenses, like postponing updating a dining room or putting off buying new grills or rooftop HVACs.

The impact of Kalifornia’s stupid socialist laws will ripple through the entire nation and the world.

Delay of capital upgrades in Kalifornia means less work all over the country for skilled trades.

[FLNittany]

It says right in the headline that the place has been shut down. No one is working there.

[BradyLS]

I agree. Learning on the job was the first step for so many kids and even for a lot of adults. And they way to keep your head above water while you went to academic or trade school. If you make the first rungs impossible to reach, you create an unemployable underclass and plant the seeds of civil unrest. Raising the minimum wage chokes the economy.