Australian business leaders react to shock increase in minimum wage while also managing high inflation costs.

CLIENT: BURGERTORY

OUTLET: THE SMART COMPANY

Australian businesses are battling to balance the cost of rising minimum wages with spiking power and raw material costs. Australia’s largest independent burger chain, Burgertory, says the rising costs make it difficult to run its business while also supporting staff members. The chain of restaurants was not expecting a wage spike of this calibre but looks at it from a constructive view - “if we look after our staff, this will have a very positive flow on affect for our business”.

DL COMMS client, Hash Tayeh, founder of the Burgertory, spoke to the Smart Company about the wage spike and how his company will manage the challenging economic climate.