Ten McDonald’s Restaurants in Chicago Test Automated Drive-Thru Ordering

[jimnyc]

Saw this coming a mile away. You look to take away so much money from their bottom dollar, then they will work what to do in order to maximize profits. Lowering employees, lowering hours, lowering benefits & increasing prices.

So plan on seeing robots taking your order and cooking your food.

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Ten McDonald’s Restaurants in Chicago Test Automated Drive-Thru Ordering

Minimum wage hikes = more robots and AI.

Ten McDonald’s restaurants in Chicago are testing automated drive-thrus using voice-ordering AI software.

CEO Chris Kempczinski said the AI technology is 85% accurate and can take 80% of orders.

The company obtained the AI technology in its 2019 acquisition of Apprente.

McDonald’s is also looking to automate its kitchen, including the fryers and grills.

CNBC reported:

At 10 McDonald’s locations in Chicago, workers aren’t taking down customers’ drive-thru orders for McNuggets and french fries — a computer is, CEO Chris Kempczinski said Wednesday.

Kempczinski said the restaurants using the voice-ordering technology are seeing about 85% order accuracy. Only about a fifth of orders need to be a taken by a human at those locations, he said, speaking at Alliance Bernstein’s Strategic Decisions conference.

Over the last decade, restaurants have been leaning more into technology to improve the customer experience and help save on labor. In 2019, under former CEO Steve Easterbrook, McDonald’s went on a spending spree, snapping up restaurant tech. One of those acquisitions was Apprente, which uses artificial intelligence software to take drive-thru orders. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Kempczinski said the technology will likely take more than one or two years to implement.

McDonald’s has also been looking into automating more of the kitchen, such as its fryers and grills, Kempczinski said. He added, however, that that technology likely won’t roll out within the next five years, even though it’s possible now.

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[Abbey Marie]

Who didn’t see this coming?

(Answer: Dems)

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Dems do not shoot for positive results-they instead shoot for whatever makes them look better- look like heroes- look like they so truly care.
When actually they do whatever will get them MORE VOTES..
As long as it gets more votes ( in the meantime) - later results(negative) don't matter to them.
As media always helps them blame the negatives on the Republicans!
Which is why they so often set in play things that are sure to bring in negative results.
The need that reality so as to lay blame on the Republicans.
It is a dirty and vicious cycle they have been play for at least 70 years now.
And it works brilliantly--so why would they ever stop doing it?
They get the credit and never the blame...---Tyr

[Gunny]

Saw this coming a mile away. You look to take away so much money from their bottom dollar, then they will work what to do in order to maximize profits. Lowering employees, lowering hours, lowering benefits & increasing prices.

So plan on seeing robots taking your order and cooking your food.

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Ten McDonald’s Restaurants in Chicago Test Automated Drive-Thru Ordering

Minimum wage hikes = more robots and AI.

Ten McDonald’s restaurants in Chicago are testing automated drive-thrus using voice-ordering AI software.

CEO Chris Kempczinski said the AI technology is 85% accurate and can take 80% of orders.

The company obtained the AI technology in its 2019 acquisition of Apprente.

McDonald’s is also looking to automate its kitchen, including the fryers and grills.

CNBC reported:



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They going to pay those machines $15. Per hour?

[Abbey Marie]

They going to pay those machines $15. Per hour?

If we don’t, they will revolt and we are screwed.