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   A popular West Coast pizza chain closed five  California locations just   
   before the state passed a new minimum wage law this month that raises   
   fast-food workers’ wages by $16 from $20 an hour.   
      
   Mod Pizza – which has 500 locations in the United States and Canada and is   
   known as the “Chipotle of pizza” – abruptly closed its store in Clovis,   
   near Fresno, two weeks ago, according to former employees.   
      
   One fired employee, who was among the 15 laid off, told Fox 26 TV: “It   
   seemed like good timing, two weeks before every fast food place in   
   California raised wages and we must close.”   
      
   A popular West Coast pizza chain closed five  California locations just   
   before the state passed a new minimum wage law this month that raises   
   wages for fast-food workers from $16 a Now up to $20.   
      
   Mod Pizza — which has 500 locations in the United States and Canada and is   
   known as the “Chipotle of pizza” — abruptly closed its store in Clovis,   
   near Fresno, two weeks ago, according to former employees.   
      
   One fired employee, who was among 15 laid off, told Fox 26 TV on Tuesday:   
   “It seems like a good time, two weeks before every fast food restaurant in   
   California gets a raise and we had to close. The Post requested comment   
   from Mod Pizza, which was founded by husband-and-wife team  Scott and Ally   
   Svenson in Seattle in 2008.   
      
   The law, which took effect  April 1, has been accused of increased menu   
   prices at the level of major fast food chains like Burger King, as The   
   Post reported.   
      
   The former worker said that while he initially supported the idea of   
   ??raising the minimum wage, it may have come at too high a cost “For more   
   money, yes,” he said. “I mean, no one turns down a raise, but at the end   
   of the day, with consequences like these, is it worth it?   
      
   Former employee laments job loss, says: “I love this company. It’s really   
   bad. “You know, I put my blood, sweat, and tears into this,” the worker   
   said. “I opened the Fresno location. They closed this place. I helped open   
   this place and now. It’s also closed.   
      
   Each of the 15 laid-off employees received a severance payment of $2,000.   
   Locations are not available for four other  Mod Pizza franchises in   
   California that recently closed.   
      
   Mod Pizza, named after the acronym  “made to order,” gives customers the   
   ability to create individual and customizable pizzas from organic dough.   
   Social media reports say the company has also closed locations in New   
   Jersey, Texas, and Wisconsin as part of 22 shutdowns nationwide.   
      
   In Fitchburg, Wis, several Mod employees told the Wisconsin State Journal   
   they were suddenly fired and quit without pay last month. Fast-food chains   
   in California raised menu prices last week to offset labor costs due to   
   increased minimum wages.   
      
   At a Burger King in the Los Angeles area, a Texas Double Whopper meal   
   costs $15.09. March 29 rose to $16.89 on April 1, a whopping increase of   
   1, 80 USD (almost 12%) for the same meal.   
      
   A McDonald’s franchisee who owns more than a dozen locations in the San   
   Francisco Bay Area says he has also had to raise menu prices — even though   
   he has set limits by charging $20 per Meal Happy.   
      
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