{"id":2341181,"date":"2024-09-14T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T19:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebritys-fast-food-chain-suddenly-closes-all-locations-following-minimum-wage-hike\/"},"modified":"2024-09-14T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T19:25:51","slug":"celebritys-fast-food-chain-suddenly-closes-all-locations-following-minimum-wage-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebritys-fast-food-chain-suddenly-closes-all-locations-following-minimum-wage-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity&#8217;s Fast-Food Chain Suddenly Closes All Locations Following Minimum Wage Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcelebritys-fast-food-chain-suddenly-closes-all-locations-following-minimum-wage-hike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2341181&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hart House, the fast-food chain \u2062founded by\u200b comedian Kevin Hart that specializes \u200bin plant-based vegan foods, has abruptly \u200dclosed all \u2062four of its locations \u2063in California. The closures happened this week, and while the company provided little explanation in its announcement\u2014simply a pun-laden Instagram post featuring veggie\u2064 burgers\u2014industry observers speculate \u200bthat California&#8217;s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-the-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking The  Minimum Wage\">minimum wage law<\/a> may\u200c have played a significant role.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c state implemented a new \u2062minimum wage for fast-food employees, which has risen to $20 per\u200d hour. This change has reportedly placed significant financial pressure on various restaurant\u2064 businesses, \u200dincluding \u200bmajor chains like McDonald&#8217;s and \u200bSubway. Consequently, it is suggested that smaller, niche markets like vegan fast-food would\u2062 be \u2063disproportionately affected by such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-talks-out-of-both-sides-of-his-mouth-on-inflation\/\" title=\"Biden Talks Out of Both Sides of His Mouth on Inflation\">increased labor costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges noted in the \u200crestaurant industry, including lingering \u200deffects from the pandemic and rising operational costs,\u200c some reports \u2063have claimed a net increase in fast-food \u200cjobs across California, attributed to the \u2062minimum wage increase. However, critics question the validity of this data, suggesting it \u2063may not fully capture \u200cjob losses \u2063or reduced working hours for existing employees.<\/p>\n<p>Following the closures of \u2064Hart House, it remains to be \u2064seen how the\u200b company plans to navigate these\u200d challenges or \u2064if it will\u2062 attempt to reopen in the future.\u200d The staff at the locations, now without jobs, were \u200dleft with \u200cjust a \u2064\u201cHartfelt goodbye\u201d from their \u2064employer.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Actor and comedian Kevin Hart has apparently found out there&rsquo;s nothing funny about trying to run a business in leftist California.<\/p>\n<p>The four locations of Hart&rsquo;s mini fast-food chain, Hart House, abruptly closed their doors this week without any public explanation.<\/p>\n<p>But it&rsquo;s a good chance the product &mdash; plant-based vegan foods &mdash; and California&rsquo;s new minimum wage law had something to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/2024\/9\/11\/24241170\/hart-house-kevin-hart-plant-based-vegan-restaurant-closing-los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eater LA<\/a> &mdash; part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eater.com\/pages\/about?_gl=1*8socnr*_ga*MjEwMjgyNTMzLjE3MjYzMjQ3Mzk.*_ga_GMSWCRTSTY*MTcyNjMyNDczOS4xLjEuMTcyNjMyNDg0NS40My4wLjA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national franchise<\/a> of digital publications that cover the dining industry in 23 cities &mdash; the Hart Houses closed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The company announced the news in an Instagram post that included little more than a picture of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-tick-bite-that-makes-you-vegan-eating-in-a-restaurant-was-out-of-the-question\/\" title=\"The Tick Bite That Makes You Vegan: \u2018Eating In A Restaurant Was Out Of The Question\u2019\">veggie burgers<\/a> and a bad pun.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C_xBtKXPTnp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C_xBtKXPTnp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post d by Hart House (@myharthouse)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To our team, guests, and community, who helped make the change we all craved,&rdquo; the post stated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A Hartfelt goodbye for now as we start a new chapter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Well, maybe starting a &ldquo;new chapter&rdquo; might start with finding something a large segment of the dining population wants to eat &mdash; and doing it in a state that isn&rsquo;t dedicated to destroying businesses with minimum wage laws based on leftist dreams instead of economic realities.<\/p>\n<p>California this year implemented a minimum wage for fast-food employees of $20 an hour &mdash; with predictable results.<\/p>\n<p>Even restaurant businesses that sell widely popular products &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/californias-20-minimum-wage-sinks-san-fran-mcdonalds-gut-wrenching-loss-30-years-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McDonald&rsquo;s<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hollywood-nightmare-california-20-minimum-wage-sinks-hollywoods-55-year-old-arbys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arby&rsquo;s<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subway-shrink-smallest-size-years-californias-20-minimum-wage-major-damage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subway<\/a> &mdash; have been feeling the effects of California&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-california-fast-food-workers-now-earn-20-per-hour-franchisees-responding-cutting-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minimum-wage insanity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A business relying on a niche market &mdash; <em>vegan fast-food,<\/em>&nbsp;for heaven&rsquo;s sake &mdash; was probably already skating on thin ice. Throw in exorbitant labor costs disconnected from the actual value of the labor involved, and it&rsquo;s a recipe for disaster.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s not how this story is going to play out in the liberal media, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s how KCAL-TV, the CBS station in Los Angeles covered it:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin Hart's vegan restaurant chain closes all locations\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CKvfUktF74I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;No word on why the chain is closing down,&rdquo; the report explained, helpfully, and left it at that.<\/p>\n<p>Eater LA&rsquo;s report chalked Los Angeles restaurant business problems up to &ldquo;challenges due to the lingering effects of the pandemic, rising operational costs, and a faltering local film and television industry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But it hastened to add that &ldquo;the state of California is experiencing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/08\/26\/proving-them-wrong-after-raising-minimum-wage-california-has-more-fast-jobs-than-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">significant boost<\/a> in fast-food jobs, even as the state&rsquo;s mandated minimum wage increased from $15.50 to $20 an hour in April 2024.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That literally unbelievable claim is based on numbers from the California Bureau of Labor Statistics and touted by Gov. Gavin Newsom in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2024\/08\/20\/icymi-after-raising-minimum-wage-california-has-more-fast-food-jobs-than-ever-before\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But as <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/california\/experts-have-mixed-views-of-california-fast-food-jobs-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTLA-TV<\/a> reported on Monday, they don&rsquo;t tell the whole story.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Paxton, director of research at the Employment Policies Institute, a conservative think tank in Washingon, D.C., told the station that California&rsquo;s figures are flawed because they&rsquo;re not complete.<\/p>\n<p>Seasonally adjusted numbers rather than raw data, she told KTLA, show that &ldquo;fast food jobs in California are down by roughly 3,000.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One thing that is not included in either of these data sets is a net change,&rdquo; Paxton told the station. &ldquo;So, it&rsquo;s not measuring the number of folks who have lost their jobs, gained their jobs, or turnover &hellip; They&rsquo;re still employed, but their hours have been reduced.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Well, the workers at the four Hart House locations have just had their hours reduced to exactly zero.<\/p>\n<p>But they did get a &ldquo;Hartfelt goodbye.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This week, all four locations of his fast-food chain, Hart House, unexpectedly shut down without any official reason given. It&#8217;s likely that the nature of their offerings\u2014plant-based vegan food\u2014and California&#8217;s new minimum wage law played a role in this decision. <\/p>\n<p>According to Eater LA, part of a national network covering the dining industry across 23 cities, the closures were announced on Tuesday via an Instagram post featuring little more than an image of veggie burgers and a pun. The post expressed gratitude to their team and community: \u201cA Hartfelt goodbye for now as we start a new chapter.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, starting this &#8220;new chapter&#8221; might require identifying what appeals to a broader audience while operating in a state known for its stringent minimum wage laws that often hinder businesses rather than help them. This year, California instituted a $20 per hour minimum wage for fast-food workers\u2014an outcome with predictable repercussions. Even well-established chains like McDonald&#8217;s and Subway are feeling the strain from these regulations.<\/p>\n<p>For a niche market like vegan fast food, which was already facing challenges, high labor costs disconnected from actual productivity create an unsustainable situation. Unsurprisingly, this narrative is unlikely to be reflected accurately in liberal media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>KCAL-TV reported on the closures without providing reasons behind them and noted ongoing issues within Los Angeles&#8217; restaurant sector attributed to pandemic aftereffects and rising operational expenses. They also mentioned that despite these challenges, California is supposedly seeing growth in fast-food jobs due to recent wage increases\u2014a claim based on data from the state&#8217;s Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>However, KTLA-TV highlighted discrepancies in these statistics; Rebecca Paxton from the Employment Policies Institute pointed out that when looking at seasonally adjusted figures instead of raw data, there\u2019s actually been a decline of about 3,000 fast-food jobs statewide. She emphasized that current metrics do not account for job turnover or reductions in hours worked.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately though, employees at Hart House have seen their hours cut down to zero following these closures\u2014but they did receive what was described as a \u201cHartfelt goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2341182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture-2024-09-14T132312.728.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6150,21428,13133,32421],"class_list":["post-2341181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-celebrity","tag-closure","tag-fast-food","tag-minimum-wage"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture-2024-09-14T132312.728.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}