Restaurant Goes Viral For Adding Extra Charge To Pay For Workers’ Insurance - eviltoast

From the Atlanta Daily World:

Photo: Getty Images A local Atlanta restaurant has received violent threats for adding a 4 percent charge to customers’ bills to pay for its employees’ health insurance, WSB reports. Owners of Jenchan’s, a pizza and Chinese restaurant in “Cabbage Town” Atlanta, said the extra 4 percent allows them to provide health insurance for their full-time … Continued

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  • 000@fuck.markets
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    11 months ago

    …why not simply raise your prices to some level where you can afford to pay your employees? Pawning all the individual costs as separate line items on customer receipts will just run people off to better-managed restaurants.

    If I go to a restaurant and have anything more than my food + a tip (which I can choose myself) + taxes show up on my bill, I’ll happily dispute the bonus charges with a manager or my credit cards.

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      11 months ago

      It’s because that would earn them another $$$ sign on Google maps or similar. They want to lure in customers with seemingly low prices