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Fast food chains are struggling on multiple fronts. Prices have increased significantly beyond inflation, creating a divergence between consumer expectations and reality. Workers in the fast food industry are faced with higher turnover rates and declining motivation, as minimum wage jobs increasingly lose appeal. This further complicates operations, leading to slower service—all while consumers seek the quickness that fast food is supposed to offer.
Delivering food has become more appealing to workers, who find that gig economies provide more competitive opportunities than traditional fast food roles. As companies grapple with the need for more staff and higher wages, an automated kitchen approach is being increasingly promoted as a potential solution, albeit one still in its infancy.