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In reply to the discussion: Fast food joint pays workers $12 an hour, and lives to tell the tale [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)47. In & Out and Five Guys both seem to be doing OK, too
They both make a point of paying above the prevailing fast food wage to keep turnover low (though unfortunately Five Guys may have changed that when they had that huge franchise expansion a few years ago.
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1400? There are apartment complexes here with higher populations than that.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#44
And I guess a really obscene profit is not necessary to making a "good profit." nt
kelliekat44
Aug 2013
#2
Maybe what we should do is get some form of our own "money" (Fast food employee bucks)
cascadiance
Aug 2013
#3
My wife just looked up their menu and found the prices reasonable--They have nice round numbers
diabeticman
Aug 2013
#5
You're wrong. They have many ESL employees, just not in most of the stores.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#13
Good on them. In-N-Out has been doing similar for over 60 years & just try to get a job
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#11
i heard nothing but great things about them. they're just west coast though huh?
dionysus
Aug 2013
#39
Yes. A part of their model is that no store is further than their trucks can
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#42
You aren't talking nonsense. You are describing the only sane economic model.
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#25
operative word being "new". not sure how sustainable it is in absence of universality
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#19
I disagree with you. Look at the prices that business is asking customers to pay.
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#26
I wish them all the best and hope they continue to do well. It is just really hard
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#30
that may be true for say a small diner, but a fast food joint moves tons of customers.
dionysus
Aug 2013
#40
I'm bumping this thread because I just went to Moo Cluck Moo this evening.
last1standing
Aug 2013
#50
remember the old days when companies mistreating their employees made the news? eom
ellenfl
Aug 2013
#55
This is how to build true good fortune! If employers who underpay their workers believe that
DesertDiamond
Aug 2013
#56