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A five year old could have seen this coming. Unfortunately, the people running California aren't as smart as a five year old.
LOL
In response to recent minimum wage increases in California, fast food restaurants across the state are shifting to automation to get rid of wage-earning humans.
The move to making customers place orders at digital kiosks alleviates what owners say is the financial strain of rising labor costs after the minimum wage for the state’s fast food workers increased on April 1 from $16 to $20 per hour.
Harsh Ghai, a Burger King franchise owner who manages 140 outlets along the West Coast, is leading the transition to automation. He plans to introduce digital kiosks across all his restaurants within months — a drastic acceleration from his original timeline of five to 10 years.
You can't pay people more than they put into your product or service, while keeping said product or service at a competitive price.
In the end, the actual minimum wage is always $0.00