Chick-fil-A is one of the most popular fast-food chains in America.
It’s also the franchise Democrats love to hate.
And Chick-fil-A released some grim news that will drive Democrats insane.
California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1228 into law.
This insane socialist scheme raised the minimum wage to $20 an hour for fast-food workers.
At a time when inflation – along with Joe Biden’s border crisis – is the biggest issue for voters, Newsom guaranteed that prices in California would shoot through the roof for fast-food meals.
Democrats always ignore the laws of economics because socialism isn’t based on reality.
Companies will never see their profits decrease.
Any price hike is passed on to consumers.
And that’s exactly what happened at California fast-food restaurants.
Chick-fil-A raised the price of a spicy chicken sandwich by almost 15%.
“The price for a spicy chicken sandwich at that location had gone up to $7.09 from $6.29, or 13%, since mid-February, according to research by Gordon Haskett Research Advisors,” the Wall Street Journal exclusively reported. “Chick-fil-A’s prices increased 10.6% on average in California during that time period, Gordon Haskett found.”
Chick-fil-A wasn’t the only fast-food giant to raise prices.
Chipotle and McDonald’s did as well.
“Chipotle said in an investor call Wednesday that prices at its nearly 500 California restaurants climbed 6% to 7% during the first week of April compared with last year, playing out across its menu,” the Journal report added.
Fast-food franchise executives wanted consumers to know exactly where they could place the blame for higher menu prices.
And that was at the feet of the Democrats who increased the minimum wage, making it more expensive for chains to prepare meals.
“Similar to others in the restaurant industry, we implemented a statewide price increase in light of new legislation in California increasing the wages of restaurant workers,” Chipotle’s Chief Corporate Affairs and Food Safety Officer Laurie Schalow told Fox News Digital.
“Despite the challenging operating environment for small business owners in California, we and our franchisees remain committed to our heritage of providing great value,” McDonald’s USA wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital. “While pricing is set by individual franchisees and varies by restaurant, McDonald’s is competitive when it comes to affordability across the state.”
California may not be competitive at the presidential level.
But Democrats only need to flip four seats to win back the majority in the House.
And strategists on the left see swing seats in California as the low-hanging fruit in this coming election.
But Democrats doubling down on failed socialist policies that only make inflation worse could cause voters in the battleground districts to take out their frustrations on stubborn inflation on the party responsible for higher costs.
That would keep Republicans in the majority.
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