Fast food restaurants are struggling to stay staffed, as fewer teenagers enter the workforce.

Fast food restaurants are struggling to stay staffed, as fewer teenagers enter the workforce. Quick service restaurant expansion has boomed since the 1990s, outpacing the general population of 16-19-year-olds and—by a much greater margin—the number of that demo in the labor force. Roughly 45% of 16-19-year-olds were employed in 2000 compared to just 30% today. Cue rising wages, technological advances, and expanded employee incentives to attract and retain the young workforce. (NYTimes)