Fast-food giant McDonald’s has reportedly begun phasing out free drink re-fills to cut costs — a move expected to be followed by other fast-food chains. Uber Eats delivery driver Nathan Selkirk told Marketplace that he had recently encountered a McDonald’s restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that had stopped providing customers with self-serve machines for drinks. Instead, […]
The Subway chain is shrinking in a trend that could grow now that California’s sky-high minimum wage for fast food workers is in effect. Subway closed 733 American stores in 2023, according to the New York Post. Although it added 396 stores and acquired some others, overall the chain’s store count dropped by 443. Overall, […]
A new report said the Red Lobster seafood restaurant chain is considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Under Chapter 11, a business can remain open while it reorganizes to deal with expenses such as debt that are putting a strain on profitability. Red Lobster’s object would be to exit some long-term contracts and renegotiate some […]
On April 1, the new California $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast-food workers went into effect. In signing the bill, California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected the view that such a wage hike — 25% above the state’s current minimum wage — hurts teenagers who disproportionately benefit from fast-food jobs and for whom […]
A “one-stop-shop” artificial intelligence chatbot for New Yorkers looking to launch and operate businesses in New York City has come under fire after it provided some less than savory advice for business owners, including that it was perfectly fine to serve rat-bitten cheese to customers. The Microsoft-powered AI chatbot, named MyCity Chatbot — which is […]
Greetings West Coast, Messed Coast™ readers! This week, your humble correspondent has witnessed another tranche of elitist Democrats ruin the lives of thousands of people and pretend everything’s fine. In California, Democrats forced a 25% pay increase for fast food workers and workers learned the hard way about being […]
A California restaurant closed its doors permanently Monday morning just as the state’s new minimum wage law targeting fast food restaurant owners went into effect, putting everyone who worked there out of a job. Employees at a Fosters Freeze franchise in the city of Lemoore showed up to work on Monday only to find that […]
California’s new $20 minimum wage law has forced popular chain Mod Pizza to abruptly close at least five locations in the Golden State and 27 locations nationwide. Mod Pizza, known as “the Chipotle of pizza,” shuttered its location in Clovis, near Fresno, two weeks ago, according to the New York Post. Fifteen employees were let […]
Hasn’t California Gov. Gavin Newsom had enough problems with restaurants to exercise some caution around the issue of eateries? You may remember, back in the heyday of California’s brutal COVID-19 lockdown regime — where most indoor dining was shut down and patrons were forced, by law, to wear masks at almost all times and remain in […]
Californians are getting a lesson in economics courtesy of the state’s new minimum wage law. A new law, taking effect this past Monday, created a minimum wage for fast-food workers of $20 an hour. The New York Post reported that many chains in the state have already increased their prices to deal with the new […]
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