Honestly sounds like something McDonald’s should be fixing still.
In this case, the franchisees (small business owners) are saying the big business (McDonalds, which makes its money off of real estate and franchise fees) is going to be fine but they (the people that make money from owning a restaurant) are in trouble.
For many of them, it’s true; they didn’t consider whether they could open this business if they had to pay a living wage. Unfortunately, that’s not our problem, but it won’t be a problem for McDonalds either.
snek@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Badass_panda@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Not the way their business works… I think that franchising is an innately predatory business model and in need of severe legal reform. Let’s not ask McD to do it, let’s make them
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Well, if this does kill franchises, it will hurt McDonald’s. They’re not making money off empty buildings.
Wilibus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Won’t someone please think of the wealthy upper middle class!
Coreidan@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Good. I hope they go out of business and the owners have to cry themselves to sleep. I hope they have to sell everything they own before having to work a minimum wage job.