Posted on 05/13/2016 9:15:22 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Wendy’s fast food restaurant chain says it will begin offering self-serve kiosks at its 6,000-plus locations across America, making them available to costumers by the end of 2016.
The fast food giant’s decision to move toward automation comes just as “Fight for $15”–a progressive protest movement, pushing minimum wage hikes–is applying pressure on state governments to raise wages for low-skilled fast food workers.
Last August, Wendy’s CFO Todd Penegor told investors that mandated wage hikes will cause his company to pursue other innovative avenues that could lead to fewer jobs for low-skill workers.
“We continue to look at initiatives and how we work to offset any impacts of future wage inflation through technology initiatives, whether that’s customer self-order kiosks, whether that’s automating more in the back of the house in the restaurant,” Penegor said, adding that “you’ll see a lot more coming on that front later this year from us.”
On the same conference call, Wendy’s CEO Emil Brolick said that individual Wendy’s franchises “will likely look at the opportunity to reduce overall staff, look at the opportunity to certainly reduce hours and any other cost reduction opportunities, not just price.”
Indeed, Wendy’s officials told Investor’s Business Daily that it would be up to individual franchisees to decide whether they will offer the self-serve kiosks.
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“Congratulations, Democrats! Your push for a $15.00 an hour minimum wage will help to reduce the number of employed democrats...really smart move, morons!!!!!!!!!!!”
You misunderstand the Radical Academic Socialists running today’s Democrat Party.
No jobs, and no future for folks means MORE DEMOCRAT VOTERS, as people line up for vague promises of FREE SCHIT!, just like they did for Obamacare.
Chaos WORKS for them.
Are they going to make burgers at a factory and truck them in frozen?
Also, everyone should not forget the Donkeycare medical insurance costs.
Kiosks don’s spit in your food either...
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The spitters aren’t being replaced, just the up front order takers. The spitters will
still be in the back putting your burger together. Now a day will come where the
machine will to do that also.
Touch screens are dirtier than toilet seats.
Touch screens are dirtier than toilet seats.
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Yep new industry will emerge for finger rubbers. Slip one over your index finger,
punch away and when finished throw it in the trash.
Who could have anticipated this? LOL
touch screens use the finger’s heat so I don’t think that will work.
Napkins on your finger work. I use them all the time on touch screens.
When I was a boy, gas was 39 cents a gallon, and they had at least two guys COME OUT to your car, pump your gas, check your oil, and smile at you. Then...labor got more expensive. And before long, employers and customers found out that most people were willing to pump their own gas if it made the price of what they were buying cheaper. Where are all those “gas pump jobs” today?
My Kroger started with 4-station self-serve, and now has six stations to one human checker...and is bringing in electric do-hickeys where you scan your own groceries as you go. Walmart has a CORRAL of ten checkouts, run by one live human watching you. Obama-driven labor cost increases mean a third as many jobs for the next wave of high-school kids.
And Wendy’s is getting on board with ORDERING KIOSKS at most of their burger places. Think about that...one less human being at LEAST. I guess the “$15-an-hour” magic jobs that the Democrats and the unions assured you could have...are really “Zero-an-hour” jobs for a lot of you. But don’t worry...the Liberals say your impending unemployment will be a GOOD thing, because “you will get to spend more time with your families.” And paying you to do nothing is supposed to be an indication of how much Uncle Sugar LOVES you! Well, until the Red Chinese stop giving us credit to keep you afloat. You smug kids think that you are “too smart” to vote Trump...but you bought into Obama, who did THIS to you. As Agent Kay said in Men In Black, “Lord, what a gullible breed.”
They've already got the machines... saw a piece on it the other day. I suspect the cost's too high relative to the current minimum wage. But when it goes to fifteen bucks an hour that will change.
Want a Wendy’s, a Hardy’s and a Chik Fil A kiosk in my back yard.
(or John McCain selling lettuce for $5.00 a head, door to door)
If you’re gonna dream, dream big.
Great, I understand when Wendy’s implements the new kiosks, at 70 percent of their locations, the prices on all Wendy’s products will be cut about 43 percent.
Great deals coming at Wendy’s.
And if anyone believes that, they’ll believe anything.
Burger making bots are a reality.
http://www.businessinsider.com/momentum-machines-burger-robot-2014-8
It can crank out 360 burgers an hour and offer custom meat grinds and cooking on a per-customer basis. All without spitting in your food or passing on viruses or other illnesses.
That day is already here, look at the immediately prior post above.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! 15 dollar minimum wage ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Kiosks are raycisss!
Signed, revrund Al, bernboy Sanders, hildabeast, and all the usual suspects.
Unintended consequences.
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