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Chipotle hires robots in California to make food to avoid paying $20 min wage
The Post Millennial ^ | 9/18/24 | Katie Daviscourt

Posted on 09/18/2024 3:30:57 PM PDT by CFW

It's official! - Robots are replacing humans.

Chipotle restaurants in California have introduced two robots to replace human workers in an effort to slash labor costs in response to the state-mandated $20 minimum wage. The first robot called the "autocato" can peel, stone, and cut an avocado, and then turn it into guacamole in 26 seconds. The other robot dubbed the "digital makeline" has the ability to portion salads and bowls based on orders from the mobile app.

The robots are part of an automation push that Chipotle's executives think could reduce the number of employees and help lower rising labor costs, as reported by the Daily Mail. The machines are currently being used at restaurant locations in Huntington Beach and Corona del Mar.

The controversial $20 minimum wage hike signed into law by Gov. Newsom took effect on April 1, which immediately sparked mass layoffs and permanent business closures. Burger King and other chains have already reduced the number of cashiers by rolling out digital ordering terminals in their Golden State locations.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: california; chipotle; economy; food; minimumwage; restaurants; robots; zero
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To: grobdriver

My local Mexican restaurant went to robots….no more waitresss…the food comes with music on the robot


41 posted on 09/18/2024 4:12:03 PM PDT by JerryWest_44
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To: Gen.Blather

“I may be paranoid, but not an android.”


42 posted on 09/18/2024 4:12:37 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CFW

::There is a small restaurant a few miles away from me that makes their Mexican dishes from scratch and the place is locally-owned.::

Same here in our city - restaurant not takeout..Excellent food...


43 posted on 09/18/2024 4:13:01 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: CFW

There’s a reason they call it minimum wage, because that is all the job is worth! Pay too much and price your product out of the market. Guess California restaurants are learning that lesson….


44 posted on 09/18/2024 4:13:11 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: Mark

they need to have robots run for State Legislatures, they could probably do a good job always voting Democrat.


45 posted on 09/18/2024 4:14:36 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: grobdriver

Maybe they could.


46 posted on 09/18/2024 4:16:13 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: CFW

Good. I hope they’re paid well. Maybe the customers can be robots, too.


47 posted on 09/18/2024 4:36:20 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: CFW

So, no spit in the Guac anymore?


48 posted on 09/18/2024 4:40:15 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: CFW
Why didn't someone realize this would be the result?

Democrat elitists like Newscum don't care what happens to people, they just pretend to. All they care about is power and keeping it through their filthy politics. We see examples of that everywhere we look.

49 posted on 09/18/2024 4:44:40 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: CFW

Bkm


50 posted on 09/18/2024 4:48:04 PM PDT by small farm girl
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To: CFW

There are a lot of unemployed robots right now.


51 posted on 09/18/2024 4:51:56 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: monkeyshine

“ Will it save money? ”

There are savings in Human Resources costs- hiring, firing, union issues, discrimination, benefits, sick leave, annual leave.

I’d say it will save money from those issues alone.


52 posted on 09/18/2024 4:51:57 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: CatOwner

I remember years ago giving the owner of a small Chinese restaurant a $20 dollar bill and 13 cents for a 24.88 tab. He looked at me kind of strange but just keyed it in, but he went ahhhh when he got the result. I figured he was too busing scrambling around running the place to figure it out in his head. My wife told me she hated when people did what I did.


53 posted on 09/18/2024 4:52:32 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: frank ballenger

Well, at least a robot isn’t likely to spit in your food, or scratch an itch in the nether regions & then touch what they intend to serve you.


54 posted on 09/18/2024 4:55:27 PM PDT by Twotone ( )
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To: Bullish

I like your optimism that they only spit in the guacamole.


55 posted on 09/18/2024 4:57:43 PM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: Larry Lucido

It has a nice symmetry. It’s appropriate that every “worker@ look alike, since all their food items taste the same


56 posted on 09/18/2024 5:01:58 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: CFW

ROBOT RIGHTS NOW!!


57 posted on 09/18/2024 5:02:16 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: CFW
The Democrat politicians who have mostly ruined the state, but are racing to the bottom to beat Venezuela and North Korea WERE ELECTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS IN THE STATE. Unless the moronic population of Kalifornistan wakes up it will continue to go ever deeper into the sh!tter

SO in my opinion the citizens there are getting what they richly deserve.

58 posted on 09/18/2024 5:02:32 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: alternatives?

How’d you get away with paying only $20.13 on a $24.88 tab? Especially at a Chinese restaurant?


59 posted on 09/18/2024 5:10:00 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: CFW

Kali will simply tax the robots the minimum wage.


60 posted on 09/18/2024 5:10:18 PM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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