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9. Do they call out other things when they raise prices?

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 06:41 PM

Aug 2017

A beef surcharge when beef prices go up?

A delivery surcharge when their shipping company raises their rates?

A utilities surcharge when their electric/gas bill goes up?

Why do these companies only throw a tantrum about raising prices when it’s for something that helps workers - like minimum wage or health care?

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A billionaire-owned restaurant charged a minimum wage fee. Outrage ensued. [View all] steve2470 Aug 2017 OP

Change the menus, not the tab under the radar.. speaktruthtopower Aug 2017 #1

"Training wage" would indicate that it's temporary TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #2

I better not be the only one ENRAGED when i see this. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #3

I am applying my "customer against assholes" discount of 5% to your bill. Stinky The Clown Aug 2017 #4

Boycott their eateries benld74 Aug 2017 #5

They suck and are overpriced Major Nikon Aug 2017 #12

What a phoney. Resturants raise prices all the time for a myriad of reasons. Fla Dem Aug 2017 #6

Vote with your $ Mr. Ected Aug 2017 #7

+1... if they have a web site, let 'em know also mitch96 Aug 2017 #15

Kick. dalton99a Aug 2017 #8

Do they call out other things when they raise prices? NYC Liberal Aug 2017 #9

+1,000,000! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2017 #13

Saw Some of this in Seattle too BBG Aug 2017 #10

"We've added 5% to your bill so the owner will have a larger profit margin for himself." stopbush Aug 2017 #11

A billionaire pays his employees only the minimum wage? gyroscope Aug 2017 #14

If I saw that, I'd refuse to sign the bill until they took it off marylandblue Aug 2017 #16

The secret of restaurants Not Ruth Aug 2017 #17