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adjl posted...

It may encourage people to get takeout instead of eating in, which reduces the associated costs (cleaning being the big one that's been inflated by all of this). That is going to result in restaurants cutting down on front-of-house staff, but it'll help the business stay afloat.

But there's the added associated cost of take out materials. It's a dumb surcharge. The article states that businesses can use it to help with health insurance costs and sicktime, both of which are commonly withheld from restaurant staff for all the wrong reasons. It's the only skilled workforce that is still treated like unskilled labor in the US. And just like with tipping the government is expecting the consumer to cover the cost of something they shouldn't have to.

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