Most fast food jobs don't come with healthcare benefits--because most of the workers are considered part time.That's to get one initially. I'm sure as time goings on the price will come down.
Also, don't forget about healthcare. A full time employees healthcare can cost 2k to 3k a month for a family of 4.
Sure there are bound to be some part time employees as well. But if you take healthcare costs into consideration, Flippy is at least as expensive if not cheaper than having staff.
One of the things I have read is wages have been stagnant in part because of the increases in the cost of healthcare. And that you should think of your healthcare coverage as the raise you never got.
I say BS to that. Yes healthcare is ridiculously expensive. But what most people get for plans these days are complete shit. The system is broken. Fix it.
As for how much healthcare costs, there are several ways we could control pricing, but that would require nationalization of quite a lot of things. As for the "healthcare costs a ton", employers and insurance companies are pushing high deductible health plans onto their lowest wage workers--thus passing this cost onto workers and also not giving them raises.