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Are you sure? Restaurant labor usually works out to a small percentage of the price of the food. Besides that, people could afford pizza back when minimum wage
by oivey 3y ago
Are you sure? Restaurant labor usually works out to a small percentage of the price of the food. Besides that, people could afford pizza back when minimum wage was much higher adjusted for inflation.
- antonjs 3y agoRestaurants in many ways suffer from the same thing: high rents on commercial spaces drive a lot of their cost.
- kelnos 3y agoI think the GP meant that their pizza job paid so poorly, if their wage had been increased enough for them to be able to buy a home, the cost of the pizza itself would have to be increased quite a bit in order for the pizza shop to stay afloat.
- mostlyreadertom 3y agoBut then how much would you pay people in the skilled trades (plumber, electrician, framer, architect, civil engineers)? What would be the cost of housing after the dust settle?
- AmVess 3y agoYou have it backwards. Labor is the single largest cost of running a restaurant, followed by lease. Cost of ingredients is usually the lowest cost of running a restaurant. I know you are trying to divide all those costs up by dish, but it doesn't work that way. Source: me. I used to co-own a restaurant.
- midoridensha 3y ago>Restaurant labor usually works out to a small percentage of the price of the food. I don't see how this is true. It's more than 20%, since that's what you're expected to tip in the US, and that just covers the server.