SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some In-N-Out customers may be doing a double-double take the next time they see the receipt for their meal.
It’s the latest fast-food chain to increase its prices to accommodate a new law setting a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers.
“On April 1st, we raised our prices incrementally to accompany a pay raise for all of the Associates working in our California restaurants. The price increase was also necessary to maintain our quality standards,” the company said in a statement to ABC10.
The chain also pays a higher starting wage than its competitors at $22-23 an hour, depending on location.
In-N-Out Owner and President Lynsi Snyder said the chain will raise prices only when it's "absolutely necessary."
"Providing the best value we can for our customers has always been very important to us, and it will continue to be," Snyder said in a statement to ABC10.
The new prices vary by location but in most cases, a double-double combo will now cost more than $10, excluding tax.
Several chains in California have either raised prices (Chipotle, McDonald’s), laid off staff (Pizza Hut) or completely closed locations (Rubio’s) in response to the new law.
(Editor's Note: This article has been updated with the statement from In-N-Out Owner and President Lynsi Snyder. It also removed the "Today Show" quote, which she told ABC10 was taken out of context by the show.)
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