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The low unemployment rate and strong economy is creating a tight hiring climate for restaurants in the franchise industry, like growing better breakfast brand, <a href="http://famoustoastery.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=wall-street-journal-famous-toastery-featured-in-in-this-economy-quitters-are-winning-2707069" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Famous Toastery</a>. 

Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that 3.4 million Americans quit their jobs in April according to the Labor Department. Robert Maynard, co-founder and CEO of <a href="http://ownatoastery.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=wall-street-journal-famous-toastery-featured-in-in-this-economy-quitters-are-winning-2707069" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Famous Toastery</a>, has invested in showing promising existing employees a pathway to a career through management or even franchise ownership. 

However, the head of the 30-unit-and-expanding chain understands that the strong economy is a sign that consumers have more money to spend. 

&ldquo;The restaurant industry has enjoyed paying people very low salaries for a long time,&rdquo; Maynard told the Wall Street Journal. &ldquo;The employees deserve it&mdash;they waited 20 years&mdash;good for them.&rdquo; 

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