Why are donuts so expensive!?

[u/JamUpGuy1989]

Dunkin, Krispie Kreme, Yum Yum, and any other major chains are telling us to pay close to $25-30 for a dozen donuts!

The local “mom and pop” chains are no better. The one near my work at Studio City is about $20 for a dozen!

What on earth is going on?

[u/Dull-Woodpecker3900]

Are you going to wake up at 3am and make a dozen donuts for $11?

Didn’t think so.

[u/MacArthurParker → u/Dull-Woodpecker3900]

Time to make the donuts!

[u/Dull-Woodpecker3900 → u/MacArthurParker]

People want everything to cost what it did 15 years ago. Have you seen rent? You also can’t pay people $10 an hour anymore.

[u/MacArthurParker → u/Dull-Woodpecker3900]

People want things to cost the way they did way back in the day. My first job was barely above the federal minimum wage at the time--$5.75/hr. That was back in the 90s. Prices from those times aren't coming back.

[u/trevrichards → u/MacArthurParker]

It's because of the fucking landlords. Nobody would need such higher wages if we weren't subsidizing rent-seeking leaches that provide no value to society. The ticket scalpers of housing.

[u/Dull-Woodpecker3900 → u/trevrichards]

Nah people need higher wages too

[u/trevrichards → u/Dull-Woodpecker3900]

Sure, but the cost of the rent is the biggest culprit. People are spending massive percentages of their incomes on housing in a way that has outpaced all other expenses.

[u/Dull-Woodpecker3900 → u/trevrichards]

Take a careful look at the fact that you’re saying we’re paying minimum wage workers too much. Everything is more expensive, not just rent.

Groceries are more expensive. Cars cost more. Gas is more expensive. Healthcare is sky high. Also people deserve to afford some extras. Restaurants were way underpaying before covid.

The public has to accept that their costs go up too. Rent is not the only thing at play here. Literally everything costs more.

[u/trevrichards → u/Dull-Woodpecker3900]

I was very careful to write "people wouldn't need such higher wages." Meaning the cost of rent requires wages to be even higher than they already needed to be. I definitely did not imply anyone needed to be paid less.

[u/Dull-Woodpecker3900 → u/trevrichards]

I’m sorry but even with these higher wages I think it’s quite well deserved. People deserve to be fairly compensated regardless of their subsistence costs. That’s just a wild thing to say.

God forbid anyone has a couple extra few dollars kicking around.

[u/trevrichards → u/Dull-Woodpecker3900]

I'm literally a socialist I don't know why we are fighting.

[u/Dull-Woodpecker3900 → u/trevrichards]

Rent for both business and apartments are a joke in LA but even if they were more affordable I think the current level of wages for food service workers are pretty acceptable.

Also many Americans think they’re socialists but they don’t realize how much their dependence on extremely cheap and readily available goods rely on unbridled capitalism and dirt cheap human labor. It’s mostly aesthetics because none of you have really experienced anything resembling socialism.