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California’s $20 fast food minimum wage balloons menu prices — with some chains increasing costs by nearly $2
NY Post ^ | 04/02/2024 | Genevieve Wong and Steve Nelson

Posted on 04/02/2024 12:54:51 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

You’ll be dropping a lot of dollar on that Whopper.

Menu prices at fast food chains across California have increased, as a new law went into effect requiring them to pay a $20-an-hour minimum wage to workers from Monday.

The Post checked menus at several restaurants in the Los Angeles area to see if the costs are already being passed onto consumers — with mixed results.

The biggest leap on was at a Burger King, where a Texas Double Whopper meal cost $15.09 on March 29, but surged to $16.89 on April 1, a price whopping increase of $1.80 for the same meal.

Most other items increased anywhere from 25 cents to a dollar. Burger King did not respond to a request for comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: balloons; bidenomics; california; californication; fastfood; minimumwage; prices
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To: ridesthemiles

bttt


41 posted on 04/02/2024 2:21:32 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: fwdude

And then campaign on fixing the horrible, evil, greedy business problems.


42 posted on 04/02/2024 2:22:37 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

LOOK closely at the reduced size in ounces....


43 posted on 04/02/2024 2:23:17 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: dartuser

GOOFY black woman named LEE just campaigned on that in Calif.


44 posted on 04/02/2024 2:24:07 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: lightman

In my part of California the price for a cheese burger at in and out is $6.60, fries are $3.50 and a large drink is $4.50. All the McD’s in my area have already replaced front counter personal with computer kiosks, so if you have cash you can’t eat there.
Robots & AI are going to eliminate all low wage workers within the next 3 years. Kids in HS today better learn a trade so they can make a living. YMMV. IMHO.


45 posted on 04/02/2024 2:25:09 PM PDT by Pol-92064
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To: lightman

5 bucks for fries and a drink.

Tuesday is burger and tots for 6.99 at Ruby Tuesday.


46 posted on 04/02/2024 2:29:58 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: ChicagoConservative27
..... LOL ..... Wait until those new low information $20/hr wage earners get their first new rate paychecks and discover the new and exciting world of being in a higher tax bracket. It's gonna be Epic!

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47 posted on 04/02/2024 2:31:41 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The poor and minorities hardest hit.


48 posted on 04/02/2024 2:51:29 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: j.havenfarm

Those out of work should demand total socialism. Direct payments paid to them from the government by the taxpayers as a form of “from those who have to those who have not.”

Karl Marx wrote:
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” (German: Jeder nach seinen Fähigkeiten, jedem nach seinen Bedürfnissen). In his 1875 Critique of the Gotha Programme.

Gallup News:
Since 2010, young adults’ positive ratings of socialism have hovered near 50%, while the rate has been consistently near 34% for Gen Xers and near 30% for baby boomers.


49 posted on 04/02/2024 3:28:13 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: R_Kangel

“LOL ..... Wait until those new low information $20/hr wage earners get their first new rate paychecks and discover the new and exciting world of being in a higher tax bracket. It’s gonna be Epic!”

Even better if they get priced out of the EITC brackets. My wife’s niece counts on a huge tax refund every year to buy her goodies.


50 posted on 04/02/2024 3:32:09 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: R_Kangel

Paying more FICA and Medicare also


51 posted on 04/02/2024 3:35:17 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: alexander_busek

What you’re proposing is called shrinkflation. A muppet and a puppet don’t like.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/president-joe-biden-cookie-monster-are-both-sick-tired-shrinkflation-rcna141937


52 posted on 04/02/2024 3:41:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

$10-$12 for a taco stand burrito is the current range. It’ll likely go up now.


53 posted on 04/02/2024 4:06:47 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Just a Texas Playboy at heart)
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To: alexander_busek

Brilliant.

L


54 posted on 04/02/2024 4:09:02 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The minimum wage in Seattle for a large business went to $19.96 on 01 January.

Small business is still exempt in 2024 - I think they get the state minimum wage, which is around $16.50.

In January 2025, every Seattle business will pay the same minimum wage, regardless of size.


55 posted on 04/02/2024 4:11:43 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

For $16.89 one could get a very nice steak to cook at home.


56 posted on 04/02/2024 4:24:25 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When I started working in the early 70’s, the minimum wage was $1.60 per hour, which works out to about $12.65 now with inflation. Gas was only .26-.28 per gallon, which would only be about $2.25 per gallon now, absent OPEC and taxes.

I get sticker shock every time I’m at a restaurant or store now, but given the change in cost for nearly everything since those days, in addition to our systemic inflation, $20 per hour isn’t so far out of line.

As a USAF E-1 at Lackland AFB, my base pay (which was all I got) was just shy of $150 a month. An E-1 now begins their service at $1865 per month, and rises to over $2000 after 4 months TIS.


57 posted on 04/02/2024 4:24:30 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Just a Texas Playboy at heart)
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To: Vendome

Cost per one minute, rounded to the nearest amount, costs approximately $0.33. Adds up.


58 posted on 04/02/2024 4:29:03 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: alexander_busek

They’ve already reduced the portion sizes significantly.


59 posted on 04/02/2024 4:30:45 PM PDT by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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To: frank ballenger
The secret sauce of USA political opinion is not age - it is ethnicity.

Young people tend to vote just like their parents, but 5%-10% further to the Left.

More than 50% of the kids who turn 18 and vote this year will be non-white. They vote at least 75% Democrat.

White youngsters are more complex.

About 5%-10% gravitate towards the Libertarian Party.

As they age, they gravitate back to the major parties, but they actually split - around 50-50 - Republican and Democrat, after leaving the Libertarians.

White European Americans - as a group - consistently vote 55%-65% Republican.

60 posted on 04/02/2024 4:34:52 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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