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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the result of a minimum wage of $13+. Some fast food and fast casual places are even paying $15+. I was in a Playa Bowls the other day, and there must have been at least 6 people working. And, while reasonably busy (it was a Saturday morning), it wasn't crazy. Think about having to pay each of those teens $14/hour. That's $84. Let's say they were selling 12 bowls an hour at $12 = $288. So net of about $200, but certainly it's not that busy all day. But then the franchise owner needs to get paid, there's rent, utilities, costs for actual ingredients and supplies, insurance. No wonder prices are going up. [/quote]

Exactly.

Business owners even said that if the required minimum wage went up, prices would have to go up to support those wages.

My kid works at a Panera and makes $15.25/hr. He just started over the summer so that's probably one of the lowest pays there. There was a big food truck festival in our town last weekend and DS said after 9 am, Panera only had 7 customers come in for lunch and only a handful of food delivery orders. The manager started making cuts of anyone who wanted to leave. DS stayed because he said, "why wouldn't I stay to get paid to do nothing, mom?"  [/quote]

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