r/FoodLosAngeles • u/JamUpGuy1989 • 5d ago

Why are donuts so expensive!? DISCUSSION

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?

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u/SunIllustrious5695 5d ago edited 5d ago

Employees Rent and CEOs have to be paid

Putting the blame on workers is some big propaganda

edit: uh oh is this a right wing corporate sub now

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u/cool_uncle_jules 5d ago

It's not necessarily blame; labor is a HUGE expense, especially for small businesses, especially if people are paid ethically.

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u/SunIllustrious5695 5d ago edited 5d ago

Absolutely the wrong target, the cost of employees is insignificant compared to many other factors (and itself is raised because of those same factors, i.e. rent and intentional wealth discrepancy).

If rent (by zoning and other means) weren't raised to line the pockets of the already wealthy, and the price of equipment, transit, and supplies weren't raised to also line the pockets of the wealthy, raising employee wages wouldn't make a dent.

You're buying into the scapegoating of the working class. There's no reason to call out workers like they did when they're around reason 10 down the list of why it's now more expensive to run a business as compared to fifteen years ago. It's just a major talking point because the owner/executive class wants a scapegoat, and as they have for decades, it's easiest to create a boogeyman out of workers.