The price of a loaf of bread in California reached $10.99 in November 2024 due to a minimum-wage improve.
A rumor that the price of bread had reached $10.99 in California, allegedly due to a minimum-wage improve, circulated broadly on social media in November 2024.
A Fb post (archived) sharing the declare stated, “That is what occurs while you determine to ‘redistribute the wealth.’ The working class pays for it.”
(America Loves Liberty Fb web page)
This rumor initially circulated in September 2024 with an analogous Fb post (archived) that some readers appeared to interpret as the reality. One consumer said (archived), “If that is what you need, preserve voting democrat.” One other particular person wrote (archived), “That is the way it works, the upper the wages, the upper the costs! The irony is the decrease wage people, need to pay extra too, it’s a no person wins [sic]!”
Nonetheless, there was no proof that bread reached $10.99 per loaf in California. A search for wheat bread on the website for Ralphs, a grocery store chain with 20 areas in Los Angeles, confirmed choices starting from $1.69 to $5.99. Likewise, no credible news outlets reported on the alleged worth improve.
Based on the state of California’s Department of Industrial Relations website, the statewide minimal wage was $16 per hour as of Jan. 1, 2024. Nonetheless, in April 2024, a brand new legislation elevated the minimal wage for workers of quick meals eating places to $20 per hour.
As reported by The Associated Press: “The legislation applies to eating places providing restricted or no desk service and that are a part of a nationwide chain with a minimum of 60 institutions nationwide. Eating places working inside a grocery institution are exempt, as are eating places producing and promoting bread as a stand-alone menu merchandise.”
The rumor originated with a Fb publish by America Loves Liberty— a part of the America’s Final Line of Protection, a community of internet sites and social media pages that describes its output as being humorous and satirical in nature. The introduction on the web page reads: “A subsidiary of the America’s Final Line of Protection Community of trollery. Nothing on this web page is actual.”
The “About Us” part of the Conservative Tears web site, a subsidiary of the America’s Final Line of Protection community, states: “Every little thing on this web site is fiction.” Likewise, the picture shared on social media was labeled as satire.
The fictional story unfold as inflation continued to be a subject of dialogue in america. Snopes previously investigated claims that inflation reached its highest level ever below President Joe Biden.
America’s Final Line of Protection has a historical past of creating up tales for shares and feedback. Snopes has addressed different satirical claims from the outlet prior to now, together with the assertion that McDonald’s fired U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris for stealing and a rumor that Taylor Swift lost 30 million followers after endorsing Harris’ presidential marketing campaign.
For background, right here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that decision their output humorous or satirical.
