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Fast-food’s biggest players are letting the robots right in through the front door as they seek out ways to overcome rising wages and worker shortages.  McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski disclosed at a recent Wall Street conference the company is testing automated voice ordering for its drive-thru. The tests are being conducted at about 10 locations in McDonald’s backyard of Chicago, IL. “We have over the last several years spent a lot of money that shows up in the G&A line, looking at better… Source link

The incident took place at a McDonald’s in East Grinstead, Surrey. (Google) An angry McDonald’s customer called the police after arriving too late for a drive-thru breakfast at a branch in West Sussex. An officer from Sussex Police said the woman had been stuck in a queue at the drive-in section of the fast food chain’s East Grinstead restaurant. When she got to the window after the 11am cut-off for the McDonald’s breakfast menu she was told by staff it was no longer being served. The… Source link