Markets to Menus by ArrowStream
Aug 13, 2026 · 32 min · 14 segments
Welcome back to Markets to Menus. This episode breaks down what's happening across the food supply chain — from the global commodity markets all the way down to your bottom line. First, I'm joined by…
Brian FosterGuest
David MaloniHost
John GoodwinGuest
Minimum wage has been going up tremendously, and what we're also seeing is because of the costs going up, we see restaurants actually reducing their headcount to try to control some of these costs.
We ran some numbers recently where over the last two years actually, we're seeing 6% less heads at a given restaurant.
And so what that means is that the restaurants are having to do far more with less people than they've done before.
Minimum wage has been going up tremendously, and what we're also seeing is because of the costs going up, we see restaurants actually reducing their headcount to try to control some of these costs.
We ran some numbers recently where over the last two years actually, we're seeing 6% less heads at a given restaurant.
And so what that means is that the restaurants are having to do far more with less people than they've done before.
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