Starting Monday, most California fast-food workers will earn at least $20 an hour — the highest minimum wage across the U.S. restaurant industry. Yet the pay hike is sparking furious debate, with some restaurant owners warning of job losses and higher prices for customers, while labor advocates tout the benefits of higher wages.
The new law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last fall, takes effect on April 1, requiring that fast-food chains with at least 60 locations nationwide pay workers at least $20 an hour. The means the state’s 553,000 fast-food workers will earn more than the state’s $16 minimum wage for all other industries.
The new baseline wage comes as the fast-food industry is seeing booming earnings, with big chains like McDonald’s enjoying strong revenue growth and wider profit margins in recent years. That’s partly due to menu prices that have far outpaced inflation, with fast-food costs surging 47% over the past decade, compared with an average of 29% for all other prices, according to a new analysis from the Roosevelt Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
Unless your restaurant bakes fresh bread. Get ready for TacoBell’s new Doritos Loco Sourdough Baguette.Apparently this is bullshit. Although I would try dorito bread if someone made it.
If Panera doesn’t qualify as a bakery under this law – which it is widely reported that they don’t – Taco Bell certainly doesn’t. This whole meme is likely a right wing misinformation campaign.
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes-menus/doritos-seasoning-recipe-article
Though if you’re making yeast-based bread, the garlic is gonna have to either be put on the bread’s outside at the end, or you’re gonna have to omit it. Garlic inhibits yeast growth.