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In the U.S., fast food workers are struggling to get a respectable increase in pay. But in Denmark, the fast food industry pays its workers at least $20 an hour
by finid 10y ago
In the U.S., fast food workers are struggling to get a respectable increase in pay. But in Denmark, the fast food industry pays its workers at least $20 an hour.
That's at least $5 more than the $15 minimum wage the same class of workers are fighting for here (in the US).
- dvcc 10y agoA quick search shows that a meal at McDoanld's is 50% more in Denmark than in the US. I am not really sure on the accuracy of Numbeo, but the comparative price of a meal to wage is interesting. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=Denmark https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_resu...
- Svip 10y agoWell, since we are talking about McDonald's, you could also look at the Big Mac Index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index But yes, a cheeseburger here costs 10 DKK. That's 1.50 USD. I don't know what a cheeseburger costs in the US, but I'd imagine it's 1 USD.
- Kalium 10y agoMore like $4.
- overcast 10y agoCheeseburger at McDonalds is about $1.29ish in the US.
- dalke 10y agoTo confirm, http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/mcdonalds-prices/ http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/mcdonalds-prices/ lists $1, then add tax.
- 3pt14159 10y agoThat's a big mac, not a cheeseburger.
- Kalium 10y agoYou're right, I assumed big mac from the index.
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- lumberjack 10y agoAmerican Fast Food chains are more expensive in most of Europe compared to the US. Is that a bad thing?
- ptaipale 10y agoNot just American fast food chains. Everything is more expensive. Yes, I can see how people think it is bad.
- Reason077 10y agoA quick search shows that a meal at McDoanld's is 50% more in Denmark than in the US. This has more to do with the cost of labour than that of the underlying food ingredients.
- whenwillitstop 10y agoLove the constant propaganda that is literally everywhere
- overcast 10y agoHave you been to Denmark before? I can't speak for the rest of the country, but Copenhagen is SERIOUSLY expensive.
- okket 10y agoEven from a German perspective Denmark is 30-50% more expensive. Beautiful country and fast Internet, though :)
- runj__ 10y agoYes, they still have a pretty high PPI though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)... In Sweden we usually talk about marginal tax rates and how Denmark usually has got us beat on that front but it seems it's mostly their high VAT that makes that possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates