{"id":1789092,"date":"2022-12-28T06:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T11:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789092"},"modified":"2022-12-28T17:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T22:04:27","slug":"why-more-and-more-restaurant-chains-are-experimenting-with-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-more-and-more-restaurant-chains-are-experimenting-with-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatization is a growing trend at restaurants chains"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-more-and-more-restaurant-chains-are-experimenting-with-automation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> As the labor shortage increases profits, restaurant chains are looking to automate. However, robots and other labor saving technology are still very expensive and it is not yet clear if automation will be a good investment for restaurant operators. Major chains are still testing these technologies.           White Castle team member near Miso Robotics&#8217; Flippy. Courtesy: Miso Robotics     <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/CMG\/\">Chipotle Mexican Grill<\/a> Is testing whether a robot could make tortilla chips in stores. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/SG\/\">Sweetgreen<\/a> There are plans to automate at least two locations for salad making. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/SBUX\/\">Starbucks<\/a> It wants to reduce the workload of baristas using its coffee-making equipment.<\/p>\n<p>As operators struggled to solve a shrinking workforce, rising wages, this year saw a lot of automation announcements in restaurants. However, the results have not been great and experts predict that it will take years for robots to make a difference in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there&#8217;s a lot of experimentation that is going to lead us somewhere at some point, but we&#8217;re still a very labor intensive, labor-driven industry,&#8221; David Henkes, principal of Technomic, a restaurant research agency, said,<\/p>\n<p>Even before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/coronavirus\/\">Covid pandemic<\/a>Restaurants were having difficulty retaining and attracting workers. As many workers who were laid off left for other work and didn&#8217;t return, the global health crisis only exacerbated this problem. According to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), three-quarters are struggling with staff shortages that prevents them from operating at maximum capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurant owners increased wages to attract workers. However, this impacted profits at a moment when food prices were rising.<\/p>\n<p>Automated startup pitch themselves as a solution. They claim that robots are able to flip burgers and assemble pie more consistently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the labor shortage increases profits, restaurant chains are looking to automate. However, robots and other labor saving technology are still very expensive and it is not yet clear if automation will be a good investment for restaurant operators. Major chains are still testing these technologies. White Castle team member near Miso Robotics&#8217; Flippy. 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