California's minimum wage increase to $20 per hour for fast-food workers has led to various outcomes in the industry. In-N-Out Burger and other fast-food chains raised prices in response, while Round Table Pizza and Pizza Hut announced layoffs of about 1,280 delivery drivers. Some restaurants are attracting better workers, but others have faced job cuts, menu price hikes, and store closures. The wage hike has caused a ripple effect in the industry, with concerns about increased operating costs, consumer prices, and the overall impact on businesses and workers.
Fast food corporations really want you to be mad that workers in their industry now have a $20/hr minimum wage in California. They want your anger so much that they're lying to you about the results of raising the wage. https://t.co/LeeycYxIb0
California’s $20 minimum wage “Boomerang” wipes out tens of thousands of jobs and hikes prices on customers who were already struggling. Chipotle is now planning another 9% price hike in California — it’s 5th hike in 2 years. One study put the additional cost at $250,000 per… https://t.co/cKjEjwJXs6
California's Minimum Wage law backfires spectacularly. Just 2 months in, more than 10,000 workers have been laid off. Menu prices are hiking 8% or more. And restaurants are replacing jobs with machines or, of course, shutting down. Now the governor wants to exempt state… https://t.co/ZelGmjqJ8m
🇺🇸 California fast-food managers rake in massive raises – despite restaurants hiking prices, shutting stores over $20 minimum wage https://t.co/4HHr7xe7Mi
California fast-food managers rake in massive raises – despite restaurants hiking prices, $20 minimum wage #SanDiego #California #retail #restaurants https://t.co/h2axe8QlIq
After five years of planning, Waffle House says it is raising the base salary of its workers—to $3 per hour. https://t.co/sYY9Devkfi
California fast-food managers rake in massive raises – despite restaurants hiking prices, shutting stores over $20 minimum wage https://t.co/ZQ7KULOpha https://t.co/VLpcdOjvg1
“California fast food restaurants have cut 10,000 jobs thanks to state’s $20 minimum wage” – NYP link below. This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Raise minimum wage, higher operating costs, higher consumer prices to offset, worse consumer experience (cut labor / worker hours) and…
Waffle House CEO said the restaurant chain will hike menu prices after its "single largest" investment in the company's workforce. https://t.co/WYnY8QgCoE
Fast food burgers in California when @GavinNewsom raises minimum wage age to $66 an hour. https://t.co/vrdmbKVy0a
Restaurants in California say they're raising menu prices to make up for increased labor costs under the new minimum wage law. https://t.co/osVbtvBSGN
MINIMUM WAGE HIKES = LAYOFFS + HIGH PRICES. The Socialist Republic of California HIKED its minimum wage to $20/hr in April. Since then, THOUSANDS of workers have been LAID OFF & menu prices have SOARED. https://t.co/O2Cfg4bEUu
Waffle House's base pay — excluding tips — will increase to at least $5.25 an hour for all of the company's 2,000 locations by June 2026, with additional increases based on seniority and shifts. https://t.co/lRrEyXb37R
California’s $20 fast food wage floor is new, but what ends up happening there could hold national significance, writes @brycecovert. https://t.co/Jux7hdvtv7
California Dems hiking up fast food minimum wage: https://t.co/gqNZ43ORy8 https://t.co/HXPKvaj8de
Conservatives: If gov't artificially raises wages, prices will go up, people will lose jobs. California: Let's raise fast food wages!! Dumbasses: YAY! Two weeks later: Dumbasses: People are losing jobs!! My In-N-Out burger is super expensive now!! Damn you greedy corporations!!
🇺🇸 We finally have some evidence that California's new $20 fast food wage is hurting business https://t.co/WRQrn78Jja
California wants $25 minimum wage Waffle House workers just got their base pay raised to $5.25 What a time to be alive https://t.co/kGbjZ9kVON
BIDENCOMICS: California’s Minimum Wage Hike Leads To Job Cuts. Fast-food chains in California, in an effort to adapt to the new regulations, started reducing their workforce last year. https://t.co/zgH0bv1yJA
Restaurants Say Silver Lining of California $20 Wage Is Better Staff - Business Insider #retail #fastfood #sandiego #california https://t.co/G6DvRbxbRw
Shocker! California’s Minimum Wage Hike Leads To Job Cuts https://t.co/BGkgxr1Rxi
Thanks to California's minimum wage hike to $20/hour for fast-food workers, Round Table Pizza and Pizza Hut announced they were laying off about 1,280 delivery drivers. https://t.co/2TGR3HEkKv https://t.co/QRrbr8UirK
There's a silver lining to California's $20 fast-food wage, restaurant bosses say: it's attracting better workers https://t.co/g0Hvupp7OA
In-N-Out raises California prices in response to minimum wage hike https://t.co/F0xImNH9Pn
Minimum Wage Hikes Result in Fewer Jobs https://t.co/V6RIGTRWxl
In-N-Out Burger has raised prices at California locations two months after the state initiated a minimum wage increase for fast food workers. https://t.co/BKJQdqdsN0