Blaze Pizza joins other businesses leaving California for ‘growth’ elsewhere
NY Post
(The Center Square) – Blaze Pizza is relocating its headquarters from California to Atlanta, a move that will reduce its state corporate tax rate by more than a third.
Blaze said its relocation is driven by a desire for its “next wave of growth.”
Georgia’s annualized GDP growth was 11.8% for April, while California’s grew at an annualized 3.8% based on the latest data from the end of 2023.
Founded in Southern California, Blaze has approximately ⅓ of its over 300 locations in California.
In a statement, Blaze said its 7,500 restaurant-level employees would largely be unaffected by the move, and that a handful of non-remote corporate employees are being offered “relocation opportunities.”
Blaze’s relocation follows Rubio’s announcement it is closing 48 California stores, shedding an estimated 1,250 jobs, and a report from the Hoover Institution finding California lost nearly 10,000 more fast food jobs after the state’s $20 per hour fast food minimum wage law was signed into effect last fall.
