If you need to pay somebody $2 more an hour the money can come from more places. Increase a drink price, decrease tomato quality, steam clean every 3 weeks inst

If you need to pay somebody $2 more an hour the money can come from more places. Increase a drink price, decrease tomato quality, steam clean every 3 weeks instead of 2, wash the bathroom yourself instead of hiring, call the newspaper and ask for a reduced rate, etc etc etc. Of course, you are also assuming that decisions like these (aside from the newspaper one) don't affect the revenue of the restaurant in the long run.