McDonald's meals are seen at the shopping mall in Krakow, Poland on January 10, 2024.
  • A McDonald's franchisee in California warned that customers' acceptance of price increases is "not unlimited."
  • Fast-food chains have been raising prices and cutting costs to offset the state's new $20 minimum wage.
  • The franchisee said he'd upped prices at his restaurants by between 5% and 7% in just three months.

A California McDonald's franchisee says that he's putting up prices, considering delaying remodels of his dining rooms, and even mulling changing his restaurants' opening hours to absorb the impacts of the state's new minimum wage for fast-food workers.