Why not just make it $15/hour?
Are the rest of my employees going to want minimum wage plus 25% to equal what they make now?
If it costs X to produce Y, if X goes up so does the cost to produce Y, which means you are going to have to sell it for Y+profit percentage regardless of what X is. If it cost more to produce, it is going to cost more to purchase.
It is all about taxes. 6% sales tax on a $1.25 former dollar menu item is more than 6% of $0.99.
Are the rest of my employees going to want minimum wage plus 25% to equal what they make now?
If it costs X to produce Y, if X goes up so does the cost to produce Y, which means you are going to have to sell it for Y+profit percentage regardless of what X is. If it cost more to produce, it is going to cost more to purchase.
It is all about taxes. 6% sales tax on a $1.25 former dollar menu item is more than 6% of $0.99.