• fpslem@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    How much of the increased price of fast food is because restaurants have to pay workers more than $7.25/hour now? It seems like the entire business model of cheap fast food was premised on low-quality food and labor costs so low that most fast-food workers qualified for public assistance. Leaving aside the low-quality oligarchical food product industry and just looking at the labor side, it’s still a failure. And a business model that relies on food stamps and welfare for its employees really isn’t a business model.

    • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      This is the EXACT reason why prices NEVER WENT UP until the $7.25 Minimum Wage was RAISED!