You mean minimum wage hikes come out of *our* pockets?

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/f...182914617.html

fast-food-workers-becoming-obsolete

While the choice will be up to the franchisees, many will likely embrace the option as a way to save on labor costs. Wendy's President and CFO, Todd Penegor, acknowledged recent pressure on the labor market in a recent earnings call.

"We've been able to create some efficiencies on labor across the restaurant ... like customer self-order kiosks, mobile order, and mobile pay," Penegor said. Kiosks could possibly "mitigate any of the inflation" seen on the wage front for Wendy's, and could for other chains as well.

As the fight for a higher minimum wage continues, some argue that higher labor costs will force fast-food companies to cut staff.

Andy Puzder, the CEO of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, is convinced. "If you're making labor more expensive, and automation less expensive — this is not rocket science," Puzder told Business Insider's Kate Taylor.


raise the minimum wage to unreasonable amount, then you get less jobs, less people work. don't complain

Wawa and Sheets have had ordering "Kiosks" for a while and McDonald's has been doing it since they started in the business(cutting cost and short cuts).Many people feel that if they are going to do the work of an actual employee then there should be some sort of discount.Will price's go down if they wipe out employees all together?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Wawa and Sheets have had ordering "Kiosks" for a while and McDonald's has been doing it since they started in the business(cutting cost and short cuts).Many people feel that if they are going to do the work of an actual employee then there should be some sort of discount.Will price's go down if they wipe out employees all together?

market/competition sets the price. Certainly a drop in price is possible with reduced labor cost on the table. Giantone, hopefully that happy meal will come down for you.

When you have government that forces higher employers health insurance cost and also sets unreasonable higher wages, this is the result.