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check link in my reply right above yours. high of $7.09 in ma, low of $4.19 in nc. those are state averages, individual cities will vary.

Thanks.  State average doesn't really help for this particular experiment.  

And I don't care enough to dig into it anyway.  But someone else might.

I don't have the app and the web site apparently won't show me menu prices.

And I'm not driving to Bakersfield to test it lol.

Oh come on man, roadtrips to Bakersfield are a downright pilgrimage!




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Thanks.  State average doesn't really help for this particular experiment. 

And I don't care enough to dig into it anyway.  But someone else might.

quick google presented this link. https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/why-big-mac-costs-more-seattle-austin

doesn't have san fran or la, but does have some higher cost cities vs some lower.

seattle, for example, is the highest on their list, with a big mac costing $6.39. montgomery, al is lowest at $3.69. that's a ~42% increase over the 2 locations. i don't know this, but i'd wager property value is greater or equal to 40% higher in seattle.

of course labor is part of that big mac price increase, but it's hardly the $10+ increase some propose.

this chart might be of interest.


min wage is obviously driving a cost increase, but no where near the skyrocketing hikes.

ok Im gonna ask again doesnt Calif have a minimum wage more then twice the amount of Federal law

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article256763387.html

effective jan 1 this year, companies with 26 or more employees it's $15, 25 or fewer employees its $14.

25 or fewer will go to $15 starting jan 1 2023.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article256763387.html

effective jan 1 this year, companies with 26 or more employees it's $15, 25 or fewer employees its $14.

25 or fewer will go to $15 starting jan 1 2023.

compared to the Federal requirement of $7.25

BTW Biden wants the Federal amount to go to $15

ok Im gonna ask again doesnt Calif have a minimum wage more then twice the amount of Federal law

Yes. And everyone is agreeing that this impacts the price of a Big Mac. 

The question is how much. I don't believe that labor costs are a giant determinant in the price. Land is more expensive here. Electricity is more expensive here. The taxes to the franchise owner are higher here, so he/she must earn more profit to bring home the same income--and incomes and cost of living are higher here, so the franchise owner needs more money anyway. 

There are a lot of reasons everything is expensive in California. Everything was much more expensive here than other places BEFORE the minimum wage increase occurred. The minimum wage increase is just one more factor in that calculation. 

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min wage is obviously driving a cost increase, but no where near the skyrocketing hikes.

that's not true at all. assuming mcd's entire payroll is min wage (it's not) and assuming they'll want to pass along 100% of increased costs (they will, probably more like 175% if history of major corps is any judge), then the cost for their payroll to effectively double would be an average increase on products sold to be around 13%. So the big mac would go from $3.99 pre-tax (as listed on their website, i haven't eaten there in i don't know how long so no clue if its slightly different), to around $4.50.

a purdue study from a few years back found it to be quite a bit less of an increase, only about 4.3% increase, or $0.17 cents to $4.16.

It's  not $10 but it's also significantly more than the 4.3% you mentioned a page ago.