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A quarter-century ago, there were 56 teenagers in the labor force for every "limited service" restaurant — that is, the kind where you order at the counter.
Today, there are fewer than half as many, which is a reflection both of teenagers' decreasing work force participation and of the explosive growth in restaurants.
But in an industry where cheap labor is an essential component in providing inexpensive food, a shortage of workers is changing the equation upon which fast-food places have long relied. This can be seen in rising wages, in a growth of incentives, and in the sometimes odd situations that business owners find themselves in.
Too many restaurants, not enough teens to work in them.
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A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone?
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 19 2018, @05:00PM
The teen gets "free" transportation from a parent. The cost of that is an investment in the teen's future, much like college is. The goal here is to get references and something to solve the problem of an empty resume. It breaks even, in exactly the same way as college does.
For the well to do parents with enough free time to taxi their kids around all day... For everyone else: Fuck you, got mine!