“Much of the cost will be made up in higher food prices...”
They hope.
I will be going there less often.
Well.....if several $7.50 employees are replaced with one or two $15.00 employees maintaining several automated burger makers/servers....the price of a Big Mac may rise only slightly if at all.
Of course, expect SEIU thugs to come in and trash da place!
Some of the worst labor violence of the past 100 years has been due to automation.