Interesting. I guess certain places are identifying themselves as resentful of having to pay a living wage.

http://www.workingwa.org/action/surcharge

Or maybe they just aren’t able to change their pricing? How DOES that work? Nobody wants to turn a $7.00 pint into $7.14, I guess, or a $13.99 chicken plate into… $14.30? Is that so bad? I guess so, if your competitors keep their $13.99 price?

«If there’s no line item for the electrical bill, no napkin-laundering charge called out, and no special fee levied because a few employees had to work overtime last pay period, then there’s no good reason to tack on an extra 2% and attribute it to the minimum wage.

(And by the way, if a living wage only costs 2% more, why didn’t they just pay better in the first place?)

If you run a business, your prices reflect your total costs, of course — from the cost of rent to the cost of a cleaning service and everything in between — but each cost isn’t itemized on the receipt. So when a business adds a surcharge and attributes it to the minimum wage, they’re making a political statement that seems to be about publicly begrudging having to pay a higher wage.»

https://rmagazine.com/articles/4-methods-for-pricing-menu-items-2.html