Seattle waffle shop owner shuts down business over new $20-plus minimum wage law: 'I've cried every day'

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Corina Luckenbach founded Bebop Waffle Shop after relocating to Seattle from New York City more than a decade ago.

The owner of a popular waffle shop in West Seattle said she had no choice but to shut down her business after the city’s new minimum wage law went into effect on New Year’s Day — hiking hourly pay to $20.76.

The waffle shop has also been hamstrung by lower foot traffic in the city — a result of many people working from home.James Dolan's MSG Networks, Optimum dig in for long fight as Knicks game blacked out: sources“This is financially just not going to make sense anymore. Because, just for me, the increase would cost me $32,000 more a year,” Luckenbach told Fox 13 TV.

Previously, large employers in Seattle whose payroll numbered more than 500 workers were required to pay a minimum wage of $18.69 per hour.

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