New Law Costs 1,000 Drivers Their Jobs 

The panera /bakery excemption was because the franchise owner is a major gavin newsome donor. Ken youre a dope. And subway makes thier own bread on site they werent excempt

I'm so happy I made productive decisions about my finances that changed my life forever,hoping to retire next year.. Investment should always be on any creative man's heart for success in life .

I recently bought lunch for my wife, daughter, and myself at Subway. I hadn't been in a while, especially not with all of us. I can still remember $5 foot-longs. Not anymore! Those three meals cost $50! And that was in North Carolina! I can only imagine what that costs in California. And don't forget the "it's going to ask you a question" tip. 🙄

Pizza Hut has to do layoffs because their pizza sucks and no one is eating it anymore, not because minimum wage went up. Their quality fell off a cliff about 10 years ago and it just gets worse over time. Most of the ones in our area went out of business a long time ago. Wages can go up if you are still selling a good product and keeping customers, but Pizza Hut can't do that. No one is spending a ton of money on a crap cardboard pizza from Pizza Hut in this current economy when the $6.99 frozen one from the grocery store tastes better.

The political doners run Panera bread... that's why they are exempt. If it is such a great idea for one business it should be okay for everyone. The fact there is an exception shows it is not always a good idea.

The law doesn't apply to restaurants that bake their own bread because Gavin Newsom owns restaurants that bake their own bread.

They made an exemption for those who make their own bread so Panera's can be exempted from the lwa. Panera's is owned by a friend of Gavin Newsome. You guys know this. Come one.

In Australia hour rate for hospitality work is $22 per hour, we were out Friday night and most restaurant and bars were very busy.

Cost of bread? Just send one employee to wait in the breadline. Problem solved 😤

Why is the fast food job not a career? Is this a law of nature? Why can't somebody work a fast food job and make a living? What is inherent in a managerial position that makes it a career, but not the fast food job?

"New law costs 1,000 drivers their jobs." Well, is that the whole truth? How about the pizza business has been declining and low wages helped keep the business viable. So, the pizza business has been marginal for a long time. What the news people are not telling you is how long has the pizza business on the decline? And a hint to the answer is consumers have changed social habits buying pizza from pizza shops and are buying more from their grocery store. On your next trip to the grocery store take a moment and look at the wide variety of frozen pizza. And the space to showcase the product. And the prices are substantially cheaper. And the bargain sales are many. So, the competition is high. My interpretation is we have been living on wages that could support buying pizza from restaurants and folks are simply changing habits because wages haven't kept up with expenses. Eating pizza with family or friends as a social treat is losing its charm. Does anyone remember all the pizza commercials on TV media during the 90's, especially during sports and primetime? I haven't seen promotional advertising on any billboards. Why, aren't they working?

It's because politicians have stocks invested in Panera Bread companies that make there own bread, so Panera doesn't have to do the pay wage increase, and can keep there wages low, and there profits high. All the while employees struggle to make bread. both figuratively, and metaphorically.

Does that mean they’ll stop telling people to deliver pizza for extra money when they call in?

Wait, but corporations are people, too! 🙄

Love ya Ken but your points are heavily flawed. 😊 1. These laws only apply for the major franchisees as you stated. Most of them are easily making net profit in the multi-millions. -so AFTER their expenses they are green. The extra $4 they have to pay each employee is not going to destroy them. 2. The real reason they're shutting these restaurants down is twofold, half of it is in protest to the wage hike. The other half is because by shutting a restaurant down in California you can open it up in another state. When you said that they don't want to shut down these businesses. They're going to open up a new restaurant elsewhere (like ohio) and it's not really hurting them. 3. The small businesses are not affected by the law and also small business aren't able to just up and move like the major franchises.

Meh, who cares. 1980's Pizza Hut quality has been dead a long time. The Pizza isn't worth $5 let alone $30. Blaming the minimum wage is the least of their problems.

When (these) businesses keep their money, you get to keep your job and your 2nd job that you need to pay for your essentials.

There is no way in the world that a large pizza with pepperoni only costs $1.18! NO WAY - however even if did you have rent, insurance, federal/corporate taxes, state taxes, county taxes, local taxes, equipment, accountant, advertising, utilities etc!!!! It’s so easy for the ignorant to boast “corporate greed” I hope this opened your mind to the major liabilities a business owner faces.

I’m just not that sympathetic to fast food restaurants. Beyond the health costs to society, another problem is they compared to “shop owners” pay less tax from a zoning perspective. I’d rather see 4 shop owners making bread, making cheese, making burgers at a butcher and selling vegetables and supporting the town (and their families )with 4 tax payments than 1 drive thru burger joint with 1 tax payment. And that’s what they do…they drive out shop owners Short term loss. Long term gain.

Can't believe this guy doesn't know that Panera Bread is one of Newsome's big donners and thus this exempts Panera from the new higher minimum wage...

I thought the whole bread idea was inflation numbers track consumer goods like bread more closely vs the Big Macs.

Cost per pizza of the labor to make said pizza is a small percentage of the price. Greed/price gouging caused price increases long before the minimum wage hike.

Lol, yes the wage exception is in there because of how "expensive it is to make bread". I have never clicked on a Ken video where he hasn't said something epically stupid, I love it.

A franchise owner has costs ( franchise fee, upfront costs, loans, insurance, electricity, water, sewage, employees). California continues to raise prices and costs of living faster than people can earn it. California is beautiful state but your government is way too expensive

Self interest... that is why the exception was made for those who "make their own bread". Newsome has friends (Panera) whose business benefits from the exception. Newsome likes making rules that he and his friends don't have to follow.... covid rules remember? Rules for thee but not for me!

No, it’s called cronyism because one of Gavin Newsom’s biggest donors is the owner of Panera bread

Pizza drivers in many states are contractors. In CA. they are employees (with no work)

2 DAYS ago?? these layoffs happened MONTHS ago when to law passed

And now. Those that get govt. Assistance will now make too much to continue getting that help.

But they can pay ceo millions tho, but they can't pay ,_20 to workers

Ken, can you go one day without condescension? I know you drank the party line coolaid, but just try.

A liquor store just closed here because they raise her rent from 2k to 6k a month,she just closed

question if you cant live off 20 bucks an hour as a min wage in california then shouldnt the min be higher? I mean you can more than live off the 12.30 min wage in missouri if you pay rent utilites etc? basic living you can have food and a place to live for 12 bucks in missouri. I dont live in california can you have the very basics? people want a livable wage that includes owning a home etc and thats not relaly what livable means.

Places are always getting sued, so that's another expense.

I’m supposed to care about the sugar lobby???!!

Don’t get it twisted.. GREED is why they’d rather close and lay off than raise the pay. The executives.. are not hurting. Stop trying to justify a laughable 16 an hour as acceptable in 2024s economy.

Another note I was in that industry for many years but Pizza Hut drivers use their own vehicles but yet Pizza Hut and Dominos still charge delivery fee even when it’s not their own vehicles.

Pay your workers more

Pizza Hut is complete trash. Maybe in California that is considered good pizza, but everywhere else it is not worth the calories. If places with less than 60 locations are exempt then small business owners that know how to make a good pizza have an edge. Good!

I just bought pizza

Big mark up in pizza

Nailed it.

Do you think the companies can just beat the law if all of them start making their own bread? If I start making my own pizza dough and breadsticks, now there's no minimum wage hike. Same thing for all the burger chains, hotdogs, coffee shops. Just bake your own muffins. Then no minimum wage hike. I personally think the "baking your own bread" may be to support local produce (local eggs, grains, etc.) rather than manufacturing.

I'm about to tell my boss hey I will get a good recipe for bread and start making it for us!!! I don't care what I got to do! But this is ridiculous!! I wished our jobs would be more secure! AKA I work at a undisclosed pizza place. And does this only affect California or other states?

Minimum wage should be zero.

We’ll geez then Wisconsin is doing a real good Red state job of keeping minimum wage at $7.25 an hour.

In response to many of these comments: instead of blaming small businesses (pizza hut is big, yes, but the franchisees are local small businesses), pointbthe finger st govt who mandated the wage increase and who can neither control inflation or balance a budget

California is cray-cray. I wouldn't wanna live or work there. Visiting on vacation is one thing, but not living there.

Delivery driving causes unnecessary pollution,people can walk to a nearby restaurant or have drone delivery

Franchise owners are feeling the same pain as renters experienced when rent shot up with short notice. Landlords who sharply raised their apartment rents are the cause of this.

And here i thought pizza places baked their own breadstick. I guess not 🤷‍♂️

I was a shift runner at Papa Johns for 5 years. The cost to produce a large pepperoni pizza was 1.18, a pizza we sold for 13.72 after taxes. The normal pricing for food in a business is 3x to cover overhead, not 10x. The problem is corporate greed, the overhead in these skeleton ran restaurants is not why theyre closing.

All they have to do is make their own garlic bread sticks? Change their Name to "YUMMY BREADSTICKS & pizza".

Justice!

It's because of Panera bread...

I only get to catch this show in replay. When does the show actually air live?

So sad. Delivering pizzas is a good side hustle.

havent watched video but I assume they would lay off drivers because normally they get paid tips plus a small hourly not min wage of 20 bucks an hour. why make a law that only large chains need to pay more? they just close enough stores to be slow lol. they have to have under a certian amount not to have to increase wages. not that 20 bucks an hour is crap min wage to keep up with inflation should be 24 bucks an hour supposedly. they say.

its cheaper to make bread than to buy it........

Something that isn't talked about enough: most franchisee have to pay rent to the Corp forever so they never get a reprieve. The major corps could lower the franchise costs by lowering ceo pay and dividends

these shorter clips are a lot better

because labor is not worth the cost anymore. getting a kitchen robot is almost the same cost to hire a person....and there is no overtime, or whining, or bad days, or family drama.....

but that fast food workers aren't worth 10 dollars an hour, let alone 20.

It's not the law that caused this- it's corporate greed

As if Dave Ramsey would hire someone that isn’t conservative

If you can't afford to pay your employees decent salaries, you should not be in business.It's a testament to how poorly you run your business.

It’s called greed