Florida Restaurant Owner to Add 'Obamacare Surcharge' to 45 Establishments, Slash Employee Hours

It begins.

"Get ready to pay more for your Grand Slam.

"A Florida restaurateur who operates roughly 40 Dennys locations and five Hurricane Grill & Wings franchises throughout the state intends to add a 5 percent surcharge to customers bills to offset costs from Obamacare beginning in January 2014 when the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented.

"'People are trying to find ways to avoid the penalties and to avoid having to pay for Obamacare,' John Metz told FoxNews.com. 'Everyones looking for a way to not have to provide insurance for their employees. Its essentially a huge tax on all us business people.'

"To further offset the costs, Metz, who oversees roughly 1,200 employees as president and CEO of RREMC Restaurants LLC, said he also will slash most of the staff's time to fewer than 30 hours per week. That change will be announced to employees next month, he said."

{Source: "Florida Restaurateur to Impose Surcharge for Obamacare"}