Sea Wolf added a 3% credit card surcharge on all credit transactions

Didn’t see this reported anywhere else: Sea Wolf (popular Fremont bakery) added a 3% credit card surcharge on all transactions recently. I go here frequently and just noticed this pop up on my order while paying.

A 3% hidden charge just for paying with a card (by far the norm today) seems like a nickel and dime to juice margins and is quite annoying to me, especially for a bakery that already has some of the highest prices in the city and makes money hand over fist. I know credit card transactions are not free for businesses. I’m not disputing Sea Wolf’s quality and expect people will continue to go. Also seems like another case of businesses who need to raise their prices honestly instead of adding a hidden fee. If this trend picks up across Seattle it’s gonna be a real bummer to our already unaffordable food scene. Sea Wolf is the last place I expected to do something like this. I’m bummed.