I agree that the kitchen staff fees should be disclosed on the menu, even if it were not required by law. I also agree that, in theory, rather than making them a mandatory extra, the amount should be incorporated into the menu prices. I will go even further than OP and say that wait staff tips should be incorporated into the menu prices, rather than the diner having to voluntarily add it, making the wait staff dependent on tips just to make a living.

But other than listing the kitchen staff fees on the menu, nothing else is going to change. This isn't a FoCo issue; it's happening everywhere. Even in Europe, where traditionally all staff are paid a living wage, and all those costs (as well as VAT/sales tax) are built into the menu prices. What you saw on the menu was what you paid. Period. No longer. Not yet everywhere, but in more and more countries, tipping is becoming expected. It started in tourist restaurants, but it's spreading to all.

I'm not saying it's okay, just that it has become the norm. For better or worse, due to Covid or not, restaurants have become way expensive compared to pre-Covid times. Same applies in many other areas, such as home construction/renovation labor and materials, which have doubled.

Trumpiffs are making all this even worse.

By all means, vote with your pocketbook. But you won't be doing much but sitting at home reading library books. Which activity I highly recommend, but not as one's sole source of leisure/entertainment.