Let's not do a slop fest.
Service employees like 7 Brew are becoming better jobs as Missouri's minimum wage goes up, it's not like they're getting $7.25/hour. And it's entirely possible that 7 Brew treats their employees better than the average drive-through type restaurant. Overall, the jobs are a net positive but it's also true that we shouldn't treat them as more than they are.
I think the larger critique I have, and others on here will have, of 7 Brew is that their entire business model is drive through coffee. To my knowledge, they have no locations with no drive through. While I personally am not totally opposed to drive through, I think there's ways to make them work, I am not that impressed by a company that seemingly totally relies on drive through business.
As for the Chippewa location, it is a better land use than the previous car wash, but that doesn't mean it's perfect.
I would like 7 Brew more if they put a location in a downtown office building, replaced the Starbucks in BPV, or put a CWE location in one of the vacant storefronts. But they don't and just keep adding more drive through locations that have lots of negative impacts on the immediate environment to go with whatever jobs they might create.
Service employees like 7 Brew are becoming better jobs as Missouri's minimum wage goes up, it's not like they're getting $7.25/hour. And it's entirely possible that 7 Brew treats their employees better than the average drive-through type restaurant. Overall, the jobs are a net positive but it's also true that we shouldn't treat them as more than they are.
I think the larger critique I have, and others on here will have, of 7 Brew is that their entire business model is drive through coffee. To my knowledge, they have no locations with no drive through. While I personally am not totally opposed to drive through, I think there's ways to make them work, I am not that impressed by a company that seemingly totally relies on drive through business.
As for the Chippewa location, it is a better land use than the previous car wash, but that doesn't mean it's perfect.
I would like 7 Brew more if they put a location in a downtown office building, replaced the Starbucks in BPV, or put a CWE location in one of the vacant storefronts. But they don't and just keep adding more drive through locations that have lots of negative impacts on the immediate environment to go with whatever jobs they might create.
