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Some Minneapolis restaurants adding fee to fund health care

Posted: Jul 29, 2017

Starting Friday, a number of Minneapolis restaurants will include an extra fee with your meal to fund health care. Barbette, the Bryant Lake Bowl and the Bird are just a few of Ann Bartman’s restaurants. She’s adding a 3 percent service charge to customer’s checks to offset the rising cost of healthcare for her employees. ;

Arizona college has been charging students a fee to fund - scholarships for illegal immigrants.

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Somebody always has to pay.

We pay not only in taxes but higher prices for everything.

Black Rock Steak House in Vermont does this too. - We took six in for dinner one

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evening, the meal came to $148. we left a big tip because the service was great, got to the checkout and she charged us another $30 surcharge. Never ever going back.

Some restaurants charge a 15% automatic tip for parties of - six or more. nm

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Yeah, but the bill clearly said "cost of health care" - I certainly won't eat there anymore.

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I already pay for my own health care and as we all know, our fees supplement those who supposedly can’t afford it.

I sure don’t want to help pay for someone else’s also just because I’m eating out!

It should have said "Obamacare tax" intead of - simple cost of healthcare

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Force patrons to see it.

Businesses are going to be forced to raise their prices to - cover it. I like the idea of it being on

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the bill rather than just hide it. Same with minimum wage.

Maybe that will finally get it through people's heads that nothing is free.

Apparently untrue - old and burned out

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A service charge in added at many restaurants for parties of 6 or more. The tip has nothing to do with the bill.

Apparently you are wrong - again

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xxx

The state of Minnesota has completely gone off the - rails. A rectal care company

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once asked if I wanted to buy carbon credits after showing me what they charged if you didn’t filler up upon return.

??? - nm

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i'm sure rectal should be rental - nm

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Don't people proofread before...SM - Anon

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they post? LOL...rectal care company. Do you mean rental car company? Of course you did.

LOL. I meant rental. I was working at the same time - trying to hurry up. Looks

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like a VR mistake doesn't it?

No problem. Instead of tipping 20% for good service, I'd just tip - 10 or 15% to adjust for the surcharge.

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You are probably paying for needy assistance through - your electric bill and gas bill.

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Same with other utilities. They don't bother to break it down, but if you take a look at the bill and call and ask what some of the taxes are you'd be quite surprised.

this is probably the only way some thick headed - people will understand nothing

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is free.

Lol...this restaurant group is informing by line item - 3% because they SUPPORT

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Healthcare and want people to know they are supporting it for their employees. My bet....they would support SINGLE PAYER that would affect and cover everyone, evening the playing field and all would have to figure costs into operating expenses.

We think our customers will appreciate knowing that our workers have good quality, affordable health insurance.”

Bartmann also notes that, “All of our sustainability efforts — solar panels, LEED certifications, composting, supporting local organic farms and permaculture, low-waste events — are ultimately about human health, just like health coverage. I’m committed to offering quality health insurance to our employees, whatever it takes.”

From one of their job descriptions--- - I will definitely stop by to

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Do business here and be proud to pay the 3%.

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Posted 17 days ago

favorite this post Payroll Specialist (Uptown - Minneapolis) hide this posting

compensation: $16.00 - $20.00 hr
employment type: full-time

At Bartmann Restaurant Group sustainability and eco-friendly practices are key in our business mission. We are working on every front; sustainable agriculture, energy use, waste reduction, use of tap water, elimination of plastic bottles, air quality, serving healthy foods. Our businesses are all triple bottom-line oriented, and committed to exploring the vision of a world where restaurants are people and planet positive and not just for profit. Bartmann restaurants include Café Barbette, Bryant Lake Bowl, Red Stag Supper Club, Pat's Tap, Gigi's Café, Bread & Pickle, Early Bird, and Tiny Diner.

Really, thanks for bringing this to my attention.

That's nice, but she has to charge her customers more to do - it. At least people are aware and

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given a choice of whether to dine there or not.

I think all places should have to put this on the bill.

I'd probably have gone back and scooped most of the tip - off the table if they charged me 20%

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on the meal and tax. Looks like sales tax in Vermont is 6%. So if your $148 was gross after tax, the surcharge is closer to 25%.

My guess is that numerous places will, or have already increased their prices to cover the additional expense of healthcare. One reason we don't eat out very often.

This is an excellent example for me to teach my children - how nothing is free. When

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someone steals from a retail store they write the cost off and raise prices on goods. We all pay one way or another.

Perfect example of the bizarre twisted ideology of - the Liberal Fascists

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They should put their 3% toward treatment of their mental disorder.

I have the perfect nasty retort...but this simply isn't - Worth it...anymore

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Your playpen mentality will go unanswered from.now.on.

Come up with real discussion, real statistics, models, political theories, something of your own thought or others, but simply calling names is no longer worthy of the read. If it says Liberal Fascist consider yourself IGNORED. Not worthy of response.

Any likes for this post, I would like it to bind us in not even opening posts with those insulting labels...maybe it will fade away...or, better yet, learn to communicate with the adults.

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