Local burger joint refuses to pass on price increases to customers

MIDVALE — How would you like to pay $24 for a burger? Hires Big H representatives say that is what they would need to charge to keep up with the price increases of their raw foods. Thankfully, they made the decision not to increase the price of their most popular burger and are keeping it to $7.50.

General manager Christian Franz said they are forced to absorb those costs.

"It's definitely a hard thing to absorb and look at invoices on a weekly basis," Franz said. "We don't feel like it is fair to the customer to have to pay."

In one year, the prices of all of their raw foods have increased, Franz said. The cost of turkey has increased by 137%, chicken by 117% and bacon by 109%.

The cost of a 50-pound bag of potatoes increased by 523%, from $7.80 to $49.99.

"We started noticing a big difference during COVID. The price of beef was around $2 a pound, then it shot up to $7.25 a pound for probably eight-plus weeks and they still haven't come down," Franz said.

For now, the restaurant is holding out hope that theses prices will decrease, as predicted.

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