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88. It also leads to people being replaced by automation

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Thu Dec 28, 2023, 12:24 PM

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California Pizza Huts lay off all delivery drivers ahead of minimum wage increase [View all] AZLD4Candidate Dec 2023 OP

Will the pizza still be warm if it's delivered? Sneederbunk Dec 2023 #1

I guess Pizza Hut is willing to ditch customers too. Bluethroughu Dec 2023 #2

I suspect customers will need to utilize Door Dash and Grub Hub for delivery MichMan Dec 2023 #6

If they want to pay an extra fee, or they can order Bluethroughu Dec 2023 #9

At the same time they are gifting their delivery drivers.... BigmanPigman Dec 2023 #19

You'll still be able to order delivery through the Pizza Hut site VMA131Marine Dec 2023 #56

And they don't come free so that increases the cost of the pizza. brush Dec 2023 #79

Although in Wa. State we (wife and I) just had this issue come to the forfront. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2023 #65

True. This makes PH's decision even more contemptible * Oopsie Daisy Dec 2023 #83

That's the only way I've ever eaten it Warpy Dec 2023 #11

Slave labor is what capitalism rests on Stargazer99 Dec 2023 #3

but but but. . .job creators AZLD4Candidate Dec 2023 #4

I know..... The fuckers got three trillion tax cut courtesy of the orange one. Hotler Dec 2023 #34

Something is trickling, but it doesn't look green to me ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #61

Did those Pizza delivery people provide their own cars/maintenance/fuel/insurance or did the corporation provide? Attilatheblond Dec 2023 #54

Given that number of job openings with everybody hiring, it must be that people like the pizza job. MichMan Dec 2023 #57

Whole concept seems bogus. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #5

Sometimes people don't have cars. Or their cars are in the shop. femmedem Dec 2023 #23

At my age, for the same reasons I need it delivered,,, SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #97

I haven't seen a Pizza Hut here in a long time sakabatou Dec 2023 #7

Those that eat Pizza Hut and think it's good, deserve what they get. Wonder Why Dec 2023 #8

Hahaha.. Bluethroughu Dec 2023 #10

IKR ??? sdfernando Dec 2023 #48

Punishing workers for enforced fair practices is nothing new BaronChocula Dec 2023 #12

Besides the bad pizza, this is just another reason not to eat a pie from Pizza Slut. LudwigPastorius Dec 2023 #13

I thought it was just me who called them that ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #62

Pizza Hut is owned by Yum Brands, who owns Taco Bell and KFC, too. Ziggysmom Dec 2023 #14

Which used to be owned by Philip Morris (makers of Marlboro), Bayard Dec 2023 #52

Taco Bell is shitty, but I dig the Colonel. oasis Dec 2023 #95

Wherever will Californians get Pizza now??? Mawspam2 Dec 2023 #15

Do gas stations deliver? MichMan Dec 2023 #76

How much does the UBER driver make? oldfart73 Dec 2023 #16

The thing is, employees are paid for their whole shift TexasBushwhacker Dec 2023 #75

That may play a big role on why they are changing it MichMan Dec 2023 #80

Exactly TexasBushwhacker Dec 2023 #90

Order your pizza ftom a local mom and pop, not a chain. SunSeeker Dec 2023 #17

Pretty big assumption ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #39

I'd bake a frozen pizza before I'd get Pizza Hut, but to each his own. nt SunSeeker Dec 2023 #58

Or (shudders) Hunt Brothers Pizza ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #63

My local Greek place makes pizza; seems a little incongruous for a Greek restaurant. But it's delicious! Aristus Dec 2023 #45

Good thing I never eat their crap, so no need to boycott it now BigmanPigman Dec 2023 #18

The real question is will Pizza Hut even be around in 10 years? The company sales in November were disappointing and the cstanleytech Dec 2023 #20

The faster the addiction to the slow death of fast food ends, the happier I will be. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2023 #21

I like your wife! Aussie105 Dec 2023 #26

I also think that Americans are so far removed from nature TeamProg Dec 2023 #51

Funny you should mention that. Aussie105 Dec 2023 #25

I can get Chicken Kiev and Filet Mignon in a Pizza Hut in China and Korea. AZLD4Candidate Dec 2023 #27

"California Pizza Huts lay off all delivery drivers ahead of minimum wage increase" J_William_Ryan Dec 2023 #22

Gotta keep the CEOs rich Novara Dec 2023 #24

Hmmm lonely bird Dec 2023 #28

Is there any other industry where it is presumed HAB911 Dec 2023 #29

All industries. former9thward Dec 2023 #36

I think food service is different HAB911 Dec 2023 #38

There is a very low profit margin in food service. former9thward Dec 2023 #40

exactly HAB911 Dec 2023 #43

If enough customers refuse to pay for food and services, there is no longer any employees or restaurant to worry about. MichMan Dec 2023 #59

Seems like one or two days, nation wide service workers strike would get them moving. vanlassie Dec 2023 #60

How would the strikers get their pizza deliveries ? MichMan Dec 2023 #77

Dumb F*cks Joinfortmill Dec 2023 #30

So Pizza Hut wasn't making enough money from their drivers. Freethinker65 Dec 2023 #31

the changing landscape of the right wing business model... Javaman Dec 2023 #32

What "conservatives" have never understood about the minimum wage William Seger Dec 2023 #33

That is why the minimum wage needs to be raised to $25-30 per hour. MichMan Dec 2023 #47

what about those of us who can't work? ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #67

Do you oppose workers making a living wage? MichMan Dec 2023 #73

You don't have an answer to my question, do you? ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #82

Dont understand what your rent has to do with minimum wage workers getting a fair wage MichMan Dec 2023 #84

Because as wages increase, so does rent. ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #91

They will become independent contractors Darwins_Retriever Dec 2023 #35

Also, going the independent contractor route saves corps on Social Security, workers come& unemployment taxes Attilatheblond Dec 2023 #55

So how am I to get my Piss-A-Hut pizza now when I'm not on the road? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2023 #37

It really depends on locality ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #41

I suspect you're right. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2023 #42

Little Caesar's is gross here ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #66

We hardly ever got pizzas from them ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #44

New York Stater here (NY-21) Karma13612 Dec 2023 #46

RAised in Sullivan County. . . completely understand, but we had a place called El Monaco's owned by my next door AZLD4Candidate Dec 2023 #49

You can use an upturned iron skillet as your pizza stone ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #64

It's one franchise group John Shaft Dec 2023 #50

Labor should be expensive. David__77 Dec 2023 #53

It also leads to people being replaced by automation RubyRose Dec 2023 #88

That's always been true, with any sort of technology. David__77 Dec 2023 #89

It's an excuse to offload the delivery system to Uber Eats/DoorDash Bristlecone Dec 2023 #68

I'm going to assume they were planning to do this anyway... jmowreader Dec 2023 #69

Will this put an end to the home delivery of ready-to-eat meals? FakeNoose Dec 2023 #70

Home delivery by restaurant employees, yes jmowreader Dec 2023 #72

I like PH XanaDUer2 Dec 2023 #71

Pizza Hut sucks anyway mike_c Dec 2023 #74

How chickenshit can a corp. get. Boycott Pizza Hut out of business, pls everyone. brush Dec 2023 #78

More proof that door dash, grub hub, etc are worker exploiters JT45242 Dec 2023 #81

Funny moose65 Dec 2023 #85

We have had Chinese food delivery for years BumRushDaShow Dec 2023 #87

Showing my age here! moose65 Dec 2023 #93

Well DU is populated with oldsters BumRushDaShow Dec 2023 #94

FYI moose65 Dec 2023 #86

X post HAB911 Dec 2023 #92

I Don't Believe Them ProfessorGAC Dec 2023 #96

if you have a bread machine SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #98

I haven't ordered pizza in a LONG time sakabatou Jan 2024 #99