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Slightly misleading title. The exemption is not granted to Panera specifically. > Panera Bread is poised to get a boost from a bizarre clause in the fast-food
by tromp 3y ago
Slightly misleading title. The exemption is not granted to Panera specifically.
> Panera Bread is poised to get a boost from a bizarre clause in the fast-food minimum wage law that exempts "chains that bake bread and sell it as a standalone item
Expect to see lots more franchises offering standalone baked bread...
- hellojesus 3y agoAgreed. Do you even have to have it in stock? "We sell exactly one loaf of baked bread per day. And it's a micro loaf. So one person per day gets a mini muffin sized loaf. Oh, weird! No we can ignore the law." I absolutely love this. But of course I believe any minimum wage policies are terrible.
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoJust charge $1000 for the loaf. No issues with running out of stock
- sushid 3y ago> I believe any minimum wage policies are terrible Any? You barely have to peruse a history book to see countless examples of exploitative labor processes.
- hellojesus 3y agoThat is correct. I think it's bad policy for the government to disallow voluntary transactions between private parties with no third party harm.
- fortran77 3y ago"On The Historically Racist Motivations Behind Minimum Wage" https://www.forbes.com/sites/carriesheffield/2014/04/29/on-the-historically-racist-motivations-behind-minimum-wage/?sh=295e798811bb https://www.forbes.com/sites/carriesheffield/2014/04/29/on-t...
- hellojesus 3y agoI was unaware of the racial motivation. Interesting insight. However the point is exactly why it is bad policy. At any minimum wage, the government has structurally unemployed anyone that can't provide value at or greater than the minimum wage. It's basic economics.
- ashconnor 3y agoEasy loophole for Subway
- crazygringo 3y agoI don't think Subway sells bread as a standalone item. (And I can't imagine anybody buying it.)
- MisterBastahrd 3y agoThey do. $1 a loaf at some locations.
- mcherm 3y agoThey didn't USED to offer it, but now they may choose to.
- crazygringo 3y agoOh wow -- OK, so then it's pretty easy to imagine that suddenly McDonald's, Taco Bell, Starbucks -- they all start installing little miniature baking ovens in the corner and adding a "fresh-baked bread roll" at the very bottom of the menu. If that's all it takes to avoid paying minimum wage?
- fortran77 3y ago"The law specifies that you had be operating a bakery that sells bread on the premises as of Sept 15, 2023 in order to qualify for the exemption."
- FredPret 3y agoThey're about to start!
- japhyr 3y agoNobody would need to buy it. They'd just need to offer it for sale.
- harlanji 3y agoGrocery Stores with Delis that also have a Bakery, most likely exempted too then?
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoIt’s only for fast food so it already didn’t apply
- TigeriusKirk 3y agoThe law specifies that you had be operating a bakery that sells bread on the premises as of Sept 15, 2023 in order to qualify for the exemption.
- smnrchrds 3y agoReally? Might as well specify that the name of the establishment has to start with "P" and end with "anera".
- tromp 3y agoIdeally, any law specifying an exception whose conditions had to hold in the past should list all known qualifying entities if they number less than a dozen.
- everforward 3y agoI think any law that includes grandfathering like this should also include a sunset date on that grandfathering. How is a new bakery supposed to compete if the old bakeries have a competitive advantage due to being grandfathered out of regulation that raises their costs?
- foogazi 3y agoLocation ? How will the old bakery keep its employees if the new bakery pays more ?
- sct202 3y agoBread is kind of a broad term like biscuits, bagels, and buns are bread and lots of chains sell those.