Shake Shack to shut 6 California locations, including 5 in LA, Blame state’s $20 minimum wage hike
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Pegasus Jackson
Trump's Amerikkka
Just the beginning. If you think you deserve $20 an hour to flip a frozen meat patty on a dirty grill then bless your natural heart.
Mr Bubbles
Superstar
Fries are expensive at every fast food location these days. They know that people won't just buy a burger so the burgers can be cheap and they'll more than make up for the price with fries. It's why they have those 2 for 3 burgers and other such promotions.
Maybe they should make better food. They're nasty. Support your local burger spot.
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
their loss
OperationNumbNutts
Superstar
That statement is a cluster fyck of stupid.
Also we are not far from it. For example, people's health can be determined if insurance decides to pay for a given procedure and there's little to no room around it. Drop that liberal vs. conservative crap.
Tribal Outkast
Veteran
Right. It’s not like they got a value menu or something.
OperationNumbNutts
Superstar
I don't go much because they have gotten hella expensive. 
7th Letter Specialist
“I’m in the Bay, like a Raider. A Niner.”
They do. But we like our options....and those lines don't make any sense
itsyoung!!
Veteran
well In N Out has 0 lines now at their main location in Oakland as they also closed this year
KFBF
Superstar
If I recall they claimed it closed due to crime not the minimum wage.
itsyoung!!
Veteran
ah yes, the classic retard take. Instead of a company not being raped for $20 per hour, per employee, minimum, on top of $20-50k per month rent per location, lets make 0 jobs
$0 sound better than $20 a hour ? Cause now those employees are jobless. You sure showed Shake Shack
itsyoung!!
Veteran
well if they have just say 6 employees per day (probably more) at an average of $25 per hour (managers, shift leaders and assistant managers probably get paid more than the $20 a hour minimum wage that standard employees get), and open 10 hours a day - thats $1,500 per day on employees alone. Not including rent ($20-50k per month, lets just call it $30k per month) - thats another $1k a day, plus PG&E another $3000 per month, business liability insurance another $1500-3000 a month, materials/cost of goods, paying someone if something breaks, terminal/pos service fees
theyre probably looking at around $3-5k a day minimum, per day, per location to operate in LA
how much do you think fries should be knowing this now ?
Pull Up the Roots
Veteran
Yes, businesses have expenses, but they also have a responsibility to pay their workers a wage that reflects the cost of living. Fast food companies make billions in profit, which suggests they can afford to pay more without going under. It's not about making zero jobs; it's about making sure the jobs that do exist aren't leaving people in poverty. Fair wages are not the problem; corporate greed is. One is necessary for a healthy society, while the other is a detriment to it. Besides, they didn't mention the min. wage as the cause for closing those restaurants. Multiple closed in Texas as well.ah yes, the classic retard take. Instead of a company not being raped for $20 per hour, per employee, minimum, on top of $20-50k per month rent per location, lets make 0 jobs
$0 sound better than $20 a hour ? Cause now those employees are jobless. You sure showed Shake Shack
For years Doobie has done this. The puters keep putin' so he keeps doing it.Per the article the company didn’t mention minimum wage at all as a reason for closings (in fact , explicitly refused to mention it when prodded) but instead variance in store traffic…but the thread title and all these misleading headlines center the entire story around minimum wage increases