• Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    Some may remember several years ago when the jackass head of Papa Johns cried to Fox News, “if I have to give my employees decent health care the price of pizza will go up 10 cents!!” - as if that comment was supporting his argument.

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      8 months ago

      Economics of scale.

      The end consumer doesn’t give two shits about that small an increase.

      But the CEO sees that as $0.10 across a billion dollars gross revenue…

      That could be 100 million in profit.

      Even tho the money is hypothetical still, he ain’t letting go of it.

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          8 months ago

          Exactly…

          If they raised the price ten cents to pay for healthcare and/or a living raise, they don’t view it as costing them nothing.

          They see it as losing the money they aren’t even currently getting.

          I feel like I’m just repeating myself, but it’s hard to make it any simpler.

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          8 months ago

          Don’t worry I understood what you meant (and am slightly confused by the other comments — maybe they think they’d sell less pizza and therefore make less over all?)