Why Is Panera Exempted From California’s New Minimum Wage Law?
Reason | 2-28-24 | Eric BoehmWhen fast food restaurants across California have to start paying workers $20 per hour on April 1, one major chain will be exempted from the mandate—and it just so happens to have a connection to a longtime friend and donor to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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,” Bloomberg reports, adding that “Newsom pushed for that break, according to people familiar with the matter.”
That exemption stands to benefit Greg Flynn, owner and CEO of the Flynn Restaurant Group, a conglomerate that operates more than 2,300 restaurants nationally and is the second-largest Panera franchisee in the world, according to the company’s website. Flynn and Newsom go way back . . .
Are their workers less deserving than fast-food workers?
Or are their owners more kneady?
Biden: “Man I love me a loaf of black rye.You ain’t Black if you don’t like a little black rye man.”
You spread around a little bread and good things happen – Politics 101
As long as you remember which side your bread is buttered on.
Considering many fast food joints already boast “made from scratch” biscuits on the breakfast menu, you can expect the Ninth Circuit to decide whether a buttered biscuit fulfills this requirement rather soon.
Very soon McDonalds, Wendy’s, etc will have one slice of “store cooked bread” for sale for $4.
The portion of the article you showed did not answer WHY? The rest of the article goes on to say the Panera owner gave Newsom a major donation. It goes on to say Newsom is a long time friend of the owner. That’s why.
They’ve already got enough dough.
They get a raise every day.
If they need more cheddar they can always just get it from the broccoli soup
They’re just a bunch of loafers anyway.
Justice for the Bakers!