or maybe in that particular location there was never a manned brick and mortar shop.
$15 an hour shouldn't price anyone out of the market.
I am not sure National min wage law is good for anyone. You can't live SF or NY on $15/hr. Need more like $50/hr. Let Local people make local wage laws. If you have to commute into SF to make $15/hr? no way. not worth it. You certainly can't live there. I don't know how they do it?
You could maybe live on $15/hr in Little Rock or similar?
but you can't live anywhere on less than $8.00 an hour. it would cost very little to pay a living wage. look at profit margins, not cost. and corporate profits are massive. no one should work $40 hours a week and not be able to afford a very basic place to live, food on their table, medical care and school for their kids. if you look at wages, they've been flatlined for the past 30 years but profits have gone up exponentially.