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Five Guys: Obamacare will boost burger prices
March 11, 2013 | 4:22 pm
The fight over Obamacare, so far held at the 30,000-foot level, is about to hit home. The latest impact hot off the grill: prices of burgers and hot dogs at Five Guys, the national chain that started in Washington, are going to rise to cover the president’s mandated insurance coverage.
“Any added costs are going to have to be passed on,” said Mike Ruffer, a Five Guys franchise holder with eight of the popular restaurants in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. area. He will need all the profits from at least one of his eight outlets just to cover his estimated added $60,000-a year in new Obamacare costs.
What’s more, he’s iced plans to build another three restaurants until after the administration explains the exact rules and penalties employers will face. The law’s plan to have those available March 1 has been pushed back to October.
If he does not know all the rules then how can you make an informed decision or is this a typical knee jerk reaction?
I need to figure out a way to short the gourmet hamburger industry. Too many “Five Guys, Bobby Flays, Shake Shack, Smashburger” etc etc crowding into this market.
Ditto Frozen Yogurt.