[JimRed]

My guess is that each one costs at least a year’s wages.

And the costs can be a tax writeoff as a capital improvement.

[xzins]

I assume wages are also a cost of business.

But, if a single machine lasts a couple of years or more, then the company saves money on at least one person who takes and delivers orders.

Most fast fooders have 2 or 3 people up front, but they also bag and deliver the food besides just taking the orders and delivering them. I imagine it will kill the need for one of those people per 4 hour shift, so that’s about 4 people a day. For convenience sake, though, they’ll need more than one machine....2 anyway.