McDonald's says fast food sales are suffering most in California

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An aerial view of fast food restaurants on Crenshaw Blvd including Taco Bell, McDonald's, Yoshinoya, Subway, El Pollo Loco, Little Caesers, Panda Express,Taco Bell, and Smart & Final grocery store. Photo taken in south Los Angeles Friday, March 29, 2024.
McDonald's raised menu prices in California to offset the state's $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers.

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California put up its fast-food wage to $20. Its governor is adamant it's not causing employment to fall.

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California raised its minimum wage for staff at quick-service restaurant chains to $20.

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The 91-year-old owner of the iconic Hollywood Arby's has closed the restaurant after 55 years due to the pandemic and California's $20 minimum wage

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A signage promotes Arby's new $1 menu in Hollywood, California May 14, 2010.
The Hollywood Arby's location in 2010.

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There's a silver lining to California's $20 fast-food wage, restaurant bosses say: it's attracting better workers

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We finally have some evidence that California's new $20 fast food wage is hurting business

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A worker helps a customer at a Burger King restaurant on May 08, 2024 in San Rafael, California.

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Fast food has become a luxury in California, a franchisee says

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Photo of hands holding a hot dog and fries covered in ketchup. Some ketchup is on the table
A combination of wage and labor inflation pushed fast-food prices up during the pandemic.

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A California franchisee says he's reducing staffing, raising prices, and mulling kiosks to cover the $20 wage. Closing stores is a last resort.

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Healthy acai bowl with granola, fresh fruits and berries for breakfast, served in a bowl on a wooden table alongside a cup of coffee and glass of water
A Vitality Bowls franchisee in San Jose told BI how he's trying to absorb California's $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers.

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Franchisees say it's them, not big corporations, who are the real losers of California's $20 fast-food wage

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Mims, Florida, McDonald's Fast food restaurant inside cashier and checkout counter, 2023
The $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers came into effect on April 1.

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Fast-food franchisees in California fear they'll lose customers to Chili's and Applebee's as prices soar over $20 wage

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Signs for casual dining and fast food restaurants are seen along U.S Route 11 in Bloomsburg PA
Fast-food franchisees in California are raising prices to offset the state's new $20 wage.

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A major Burger King franchisee in California says he can't roll out order kiosks fast enough due to the state's new $20 fast-food minimum wage

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The Burger King logo is seen at its fast food restaurant branch in Danville, Pennsylvania
Restaurants are putting up prices, cutting staff's hours, and turning to tech to offset the new minimum wage for fast-food workers.

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