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title: "Fox Business: Red Robin eliminates bus boys as restaurants combat minimum wage hikes"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/3d96f386-16d2-4cec-8237-91e5973b4fcb
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fox-business-red-robin-eliminates-bus-boys-as-restaurants-combat-minimum-wage-hikes-2705211
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2018-01-09T18:13:18.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:09:24.311Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/a19f6c861797457da11fa665e5679ffd6710.jpg
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# Fox Business: Red Robin eliminates bus boys as restaurants combat minimum wage hikes

**TL;DR:** Red Robin eliminated the busboy position from its restaurants to combat minimum wage hikes. Editor-in-Chief Nick Powills discussed the effects of higher wages on the industry with Fox Business.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-01-09. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fox-business-red-robin-eliminates-bus-boys-as-restaurants-combat-minimum-wage-hikes-2705211).*

## Story

With minimum wage increases taking hold in many states to start the new year, Red Robin recently announced they will be cutting the busboy position from their restaurants. FOXbusiness.com reporter Brittany De Lea spoke with 1851Franchise.com Editor-in-Chief Nick Powills about his take on Red Robin's decision and what the effects of higher wages will be on the industry.

Said Powills to FOX Business, “From a business standpoint, [Red Robin made a] very smart move. From an employee standpoint, you just cut out $8 million worth of labor. The interesting thing about the minimum wage hike is that those that made the decisions to do it, did it on behalf of the employee … when intentions are good, and you can’t appease everybody, someone is going to eventually be on the short [end of the] stick.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- Nick Powills (person)
- Red Robin (company)
- Fox Business (company)
- minimum wage hikes (topic)
- labor cuts (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fox-business-red-robin-eliminates-bus-boys-as-restaurants-combat-minimum-wage-hikes-2705211). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/3d96f386-16d2-4cec-8237-91e5973b4fcb).