Restaurants in Denver, Chicago, Orlando and Minneapolis also saw an increase in prices, according to the William Blair review, but those increases averaged out to only 0.5 percent, largely in part to a rise in the
price of beef. In San Francisco, prices of beef entrees were raised 14.4 percent, large sodas were raised 11.1 percent, chips were raised 10.3 percent and water was raised 10 percent.
San Francisco will
raise its minimum wage to $13 in 2016 and then to $14 in 2017 and $15 in 2018.
Chris Arnold, a spokesman for Chipotle, confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that the San Francisco pricing hike was “done in part to offset higher labor costs.” Pricing at Chipotles nationwide vary due to the cost of doing business, he said.