Making Wages Work

The minimum wage is on the mind of most quick-service operators today, especially as many states and cities pass regulations that bump the minimum wage upward.
But when Moo Cluck Moo founder Brian Parker and his team first sat down to discuss employee pay, he says, the minimum wage wasn’t even a consideration.
“We thought, ‘What’s livable? What’s not embarrassing? How can we pay people and make them feel part of something, make them feel proud? What’s the compensation for bringing pe