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Original Joe’s in San Jose will be closing for lunchtime services because of the city’s recent minimum wage hike to $15 an hour. The owner stated, “I don’t want to…

Jeremy and Kelli Hawkinson, who own the Cool Beans coffee stand, are raising their prices and reducing hours to make up for the new labor costs. “Last year was a…

Chris Christanis owns the Peppermill restaurant in Rochester. Since the minimum wage increased here, he’s closing one hour earlier. Monday through Thursday the doors lock at 9 p.m. It used…

“We have a culture in Seattle that if you’re not on board with the cause 100 percent, then you’re vilified. That’s got to loosen up, or we’re really heading for…

“Seattle is no longer an environment where our business model works,” the store said in a news release. “The aggregate effect of rising costs of doing business, consumer purchasing shifts,…

“We see a lot of new faces,” said Jonathan Tehrani, manager of Coffee XChange on East Tanque Verde. Still, he questions the numbers because many of the business owners…

As Eliot Fiks and Stacey Gould, co-owners of Whole in the Wall Foods in Binghamton, examine their expenses and revenues, they have but one choice in the face of rising…

Pamela McNaughton, owner of the Tattered Page used bookstore in Mount Vernon, has closed her store on Sundays because of the minimum wage increase. Her store had been open 1…

“Jesse Cantu, owner of the three Jalapeños restaurants and Luna’s Bistro in Bellingham, said he will be adjusting hours for employees and taking a wait-and-see approach in the first few…

“Jesse Cantu, owner of the three Jalapeños restaurants and Luna’s Bistro in Bellingham, said he will be adjusting hours for employees and taking a wait-and-see approach in the first few…