Red Robin will offset minimum wage hikes by canning busboys | New York Post

Red Robin will offset minimum wage hikes by canning busboys | New York Post:
"ORLANDO, Fla. — Restaurant busboys, in line to earn a little more dough this year as minimum wage hikes hit across the country, are instead losing their jobs as chains look to cut costs.
Red Robin restaurants are located mostly in Western states, where the minimum wage has risen more quickly.
The Colorado-based chain already eliminated so-called expediters — who plate the food in the kitchen — and realized a cost savings of nearly $10 million last year, it said.
“We need to do that to address the labor increases we’ve seen,” Red Robin’s Chief Financial Officer Guy Constant told attendees at the ICR retail conference held here..."
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