• pingveno@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Actually, yes. Part of the reason that fast food was so inexpensive was that fast food workers were criminally underpaid. Wages are up because of a combination of a tighter labor market and improved minimum wage laws. I've always been in favor of this, but in talking to restaurant owners I understood that they would have to pass increased labor costs on to their customers.

    Continuing supply chain disruption from COVID-19 seem to also be a contributing factor, but I'm not sure what a recovery there will look like.