McDonald’s CA franchisee on new minimum wage: "The sheer scale of the impact is just breathtaking"

[Mr Natural]

thats a great Idea. Im going to start a new hamburger chain where the people come in and flip their own burgers. automated deep fryer for the fries will have safty glass of course. Only two employees needed. The cashier and someone to replace the fresh ingrdients.

Sounds like Kramers’ “Make Your Own Pizza “ idea.

 

[martybegan]

If they could get more work out of fewer employees, they’d be doing so now.

Not when the market was setting the price for given skill sets. Now that the government has overridden the market by a wide margin, they will be required to get that $20 worth of added labor from all positions, never mind the upward pressure now applied to wages for more skilled managers and such.

Before you paid $10 per hour to people who could give you $10 of labor added. Now having to pay $20 each for the same level of competence, you are better off hiring one person worth the $20 you HAVE to pay for them.

So those two $10 an hour people lose their jobs, and the $20 per hour person has to work far harder to justify their added value to the products.

 

[22lcidw]

Robots

And that means Newsom is accountable for this as he impoverishes more people.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

And that means Newsom is accountable for this as he impoverishes more people.

Yeah. And that’s the plan!

 

[leftwinger]

I almost never go to McDonalds anymore.

And I’m not the left coast.

But just for the sake of idle curiosity, how much does it cost to get a Big Mac, large fries and maybe a regular coke from a California Mickey D’s these days?

Depends on the State you buy it in. In CA it is $5.31 last July for the BigMac + $2.99 large fries, Drink? probably $2. You are going to pay over $10 with Tax in most states I would bet. easily.

It turns out the average price of a Big Mac varies widely from state to state, with the signature McDonald’s burger selling for $3.91 on the low end up to $5.31 depending on where you’re dining.

 

[Catsnmeters]

Layoffs have already been happening in anticipation of the new law, and no doubt many more jobs will be eliminated.

MSN

So a 5 dollar burger will cost 5.50?

Not that drastic of a change probably because minimum wage was already pretty high.

Will be interesting how this works out.

 

[leftwinger]

"A restaurant operator makes anywhere from 5% to 15%, the bottom line at the end of the day, and if your labor cost is one-third of your cost, so 30%, and you raise the wage from $15 to $20 or $25 over the next couple years, you're almost doubling that cost. And so they're going to have to raise prices."

 

[leftwinger]

I almost never go to McDonalds anymore.

And I’m not the left coast.

But just for the sake of idle curiosity, how much does it cost to get a Big Mac, large fries and maybe a regular coke from a California Mickey D’s these days?

Then I found this. I despise the internet!!! what is the real truth? Impossible to find using Google skewed search engine.

McDonald's has recently received heavy criticism over its Big Mac combo, which is priced at nearly $18, among other menu hikes, and has promised to focus on affordability, the New York Post reported.

 

[Mr Natural]

It should be interesting to see how McDonalds handles this situation because they’ve never in their 60+ years of operation had to deal with a minimum wage increase.

 

[marvin martian]

Layoffs have already been happening in anticipation of the new law, and no doubt many more jobs will be eliminated.

MSN

It's been a long time since I was in a McD's, but even years ago they had touch-screen kiosks for ordering, which were great. I think the whole restaurant had maybe 6 employees in it, most in the kitchen. There was one girl handing orders to customers and that was it for front of house.

This is the way it should be, and this type of automation will soon be wide spread, except in places like California, where the locals will vandalize the kiosks, shit in the lobby, etc. In those places, the company will just close their stores. It's for the best.

 

[marvin martian]

I won't notice who gets layed off. I won't notice if the food gets better. I won't notice if the service gets better. I won't notice a price increase.

But somebody else will.

Yes, the low income people you hate will be hit hardest (as always).

 

[hadit]

Robots

Yup. There is literally no job at McDonalds that could not be automated now. It's just a matter of cost.

 

[hadit]

It's been a long time since I was in a McD's, but even years ago they had touch-screen kiosks for ordering, which were great. I think the whole restaurant had maybe 6 employees in it, most in the kitchen. There was one girl handing orders to customers and that was it for front of house.

This is the way it should be, and this type of automation will soon be wide spread, except in places like California, where the locals will vandalize the kiosks, shit in the lobby, etc. In those places, the company will just close their stores. It's for the best.

Actually, after Covid, there is no real need for a lobby anymore, just full-time drive throughs. Eliminates the cost of maintaining bathrooms.

 

[BackAgain]

Depends on the State you buy it in. In CA it is $5.31 last July for the BigMac + $2.99 large fries, Drink? probably $2. You are going to pay over $10 with Tax in most states I would bet. easily.

It turns out the average price of a Big Mac varies widely from state to state, with the signature McDonald’s burger selling for $3.91 on the low end up to $5.31 depending on where you’re dining.

Whatever the cost is in CA., it’s going up.

 

[BackAgain]

It should be interesting to see how McDonalds handles this situation because they’ve never in their 60+ years of operation had to deal with a minimum wage increase.

Well of course they have. But this one is ridiculous.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

If they’re laying off people, who’s going to do the work?

My guess is, more bots, and the management will expect those who still have a job, to pick up the slack.

 

[Yarddog]

Not when the market was setting the price for given skill sets. Now that the government has overridden the market by a wide margin, they will be required to get that $20 worth of added labor from all positions, never mind the upward pressure now applied to wages for more skilled managers and such.

Before you paid $10 per hour to people who could give you $10 of labor added. Now having to pay $20 each for the same level of competence, you are better off hiring one person worth the $20 you HAVE to pay for them.

So those two $10 an hour people lose their jobs, and the $20 per hour person has to work far harder to justify their added value to the products.

Its screwed up. Its basically the government telling businesses how to run their own operation. In the past, businesses still had the option to pay their lower employees more is they so chose. and sometimes that made sense depending on the business model, like IN and Out Burger who already paid their employees more than other fast food places.
Biden is trying to shrink our economy.

 

[leftwinger]

It should be interesting to see how McDonalds handles this situation because they’ve never in their 60+ years of operation had to deal with a minimum wage increase.

Uh.........are you sure about that? CA and othere state have always had their own min wage?

 

[leftwinger]

It's been a long time since I was in a McD's, but even years ago they had touch-screen kiosks for ordering, which were great. I think the whole restaurant had maybe 6 employees in it, most in the kitchen. There was one girl handing orders to customers and that was it for front of house.

This is the way it should be, and this type of automation will soon be wide spread, except in places like California, where the locals will vandalize the kiosks, shit in the lobby, etc. In those places, the company will just close their stores. It's for the best.

A lot of work goes into manning the drive thru also.

 

[jknowgood]

If they’re laying off people, who’s going to do the work?

Computers.