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INCREASES DURING ECONOMIC
DOWNFALLS OR BUDGET DEFICITS.
SMALL BUSINESSES WILL GET AN
EXTRA YEAR TO PHASE IN THAT
INCREASE.
THAT HAD US WONDERING HOW
WILL THIS INCREASE EFFECT SMALL
BUSINESSES.
Reporter: SAM AND CHRISTINA,
BUSINESS OWNERS THAT I TALKED
TO TODAY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO
TAKE A MAJOR HIT, ESPECIALLY
THE SMALLER BUSINESSES,
BRINGING THE MINIMUM WAGE UP TO
$15 AN HOUR, THEY SAY COULD
AFFECT EVERYONE WITH THE CAUSE
AND AFFECT OF THOSE RISING
PRICES.
WELCOME TO DIGGERS.
WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU TODAY?
Reporter: SHE SAYS IT WAS A
DREAM OF HER AND HER HUSBAND'S
TO OPEN THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
DIGGER'S DELI HAS BEEN A STAPLE
OF THE COMMUNITY OF VACAVILLE
FOR 39 YEARS.
WHEN IT WENT UP FOR SALE THREE
YEARS AGO, THEY CASHED IN.
WE BOUGHT INTO OUR SAVINGS,
OUR RETIREMENT TO BUY INTO THIS
DELI, AND RAISING THE MINIMUM
WAGE MIGHT PUT US OUT OF
BUSINESS.
Reporter: SHE FEARS THE
HISTORIC MINIMUM WAGE HIKE WILL
COST THEM THEIR DREAMS.
IT'S GOING TO BE
DEVASTATING.
WE'RE A MOM AND POP.
THIS IS OUR AMERICAN DREAM.
Reporter: LAST YEAR THEY HAD
13 EMPLOYEES AND NOW THEY'RE
DOWN TO 10, AND MAY HAVE TO
MAKE CUTS.
YOU NEED ABOUT 12 HOUR
SHIFTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO
TRY TO GET BY.
Reporter: ALLEN SAYS WORKING
AT DIGGERS DELI IS GREAT JOB,
BUT HE NEEDS MORE HOURS WITH
THE CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE.
YOU HAVE TO GET BY SOMEHOW.
Reporter: SHE SAYS RIGHT NOW
THEIR EMPLOYEE SEL RAYS MAKE UP
30% OF THE BUSINESS COSTS.
ANOTHER 30% GOES TOWARD FOOD
AND BEVERAGE.
ONCE MINIMUM WAGE IS $15 AN
HOUR, IT WILL HIKE EMPLOYEE
COSTS UP TO 45%.
ONE WOULD CHEESE, ONE CHIPS.
Reporter: SHE HAS PICKED UP
SHIPS HERSELF TO MAKE UP THE
LOSS, SAYS IT'S TIME TO BE MORE
PROFICIENT AND DO MORE WITH
LESS.
WE DO CARE ON ALL LEVELS.
WE JUST WANT TO STAY OPEN, SO
WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR
EMPLOYEES.
Reporter: AGAIN, THAT'S A
GRADUAL INCREASE OVER A SIX
YEAR SPAN.