>>12376448Because people lobbied for burger flippers to get 15 bucks an hour, then COVID came and the response was to shut everything down, which fucked up distribution of goods. Restaurants of all types could only do take out, then opened with limited capacity, which cut into revenue because they couldn't fill their spots to capacity. Then the economy went in the tank and inflation came along. That's why a Big Mac value meal is 14 dollars is some spots and even the cheaper regions are still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels.
