California Fast-Food Chains Are Now Serving Sticker Shock

https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/california-fast-food-chains-are-now-serving-sticker-shock-64009282

by JumpCrisscross • 2 years ago

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completelylegit• 2 years ago

Chains were raising prices way before the minimum wage hike. Everyone is, that’s inflation.

WSJ desperate to make it sound like California’s initiatives are backfiring.

listless• 2 years ago

Yeah fast food already crazy expensive out here. Its already about the same as a sit-down restaurant. No real reason to buy it. Maybe this is the beginning of the end?

mminer2372• 2 years ago

It's gone up everywhere, but California is definitely unique in just how much it is shooting up, especially after the minimum wage increase was passed: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/californias-fast-food-wage...

nielsbot2• 2 years ago

it’s not a given that prices must rise that much. In-n-out raised their burger prices by $0.25.

whateveracct• 2 years ago

It's crazy how much more expensive fast food is than groceries nowadays. [1] I feel like 10y ago the difference wasn't as large.

Restaurants are hit or miss. My nicer local places are more expensive but not like fast food.

Generally, it's as great a time as ever to know how to cook stuff from scratch with whatever is on sale.

[1] I paid $8 and change (BOGO) for ten locally-grown, free range boneless chicken thighs last week and grilled them up. Sandwiches, pasta, wraps, chicken salad all week. $8 doesn't even buy a 6pc McNugget meal where I live.

mminer2372• 2 years ago

It was closer ten years ago. They really started to pull apart in ~2015: https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view?selectedSeriesIds=CUUS0...

California Fast-Food Chains Are Now Serving Sticker Shock

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