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California Food Wage

Financing

In California, jobs are up, but traffic is down

 By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 11, 2024

The Bottom Line: Limited-service restaurants have not cut jobs in California, despite the $20 fast-food wage. But that doesn't mean it hasn't had an impact.

Workforce

Other California industries are grousing about the state's new fast-food wage

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2024

Employers in other fields say they're feeling intense pressure to raise pay. Plus, they want to see a break from the pro-labor legislation of the last decade or more.

Workforce

Labor is testing whether California's new fast-food wage-setting process would work elsewhere

By Peter Romeo on May 13, 2024

Working Lunch: Minneapolis is essentially testing the portability of the controversial Golden State model.

Financing

Surprise, surprise: California kept its full-service restaurants in the dark for months

By Peter Romeo on May 08, 2024

Reality Check: The state attorney general had refused to clarify the scope of the state's pending anti-junk-fee law. It's one more smack in the face to the trade.

Financing

5 bonbons from Denny's not-so-sweet quarterly update

By Peter Romeo on May 01, 2024

Traffic slumped, but the family-dining stalwart offered a few aha moments in its recount of what happened.

Operations

Chipotle raises menu prices in California up to 7%

By Lisa Jennings on Apr. 24, 2024

California's AB1228 pushed the fast-casual chain's wage up 20% and menu price hikes will cover the cost. But with first-quarter traffic up more than 5%, Chipotle officials are not worried.

Operations

MOD Pizza shuttered 26 restaurants during the first quarter

By Lisa Jennings on Apr. 09, 2024

Five units were in California but the fast-food wage there was not to blame, the fast casual said. The closed restaurants in 10 states and the District of Columbia were "underperformers."

Financing

All eyes are now on California's fast-food restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 03, 2024

The Bottom Line: It’s not certain yet how the $20 wage will impact chain restaurants. But one thing is clear: Most of the companies affected are small businesses that are already facing profit challenges.

Financing

California throws a wrench into restaurants' value strategies

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 01, 2024

The Bottom Line: The restaurant industry has a traffic problem and consumers are fretting about prices. But the $20 fast-food wage in California makes it difficult to market any kind of value.

Workforce

Labor strife is still high as California's landmark fast-food wage law takes effect

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 29, 2024

With all the last-minute sniping by members, the next meeting of the Fast Food Council promises to be a doozy.

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