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Zero Hedge — White Castle To Automate Kitchens As Contactless Shift Will Accelerate Job Loss

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As restaurants across the country adjust for a post-pandemic world, driven mainly by the shift to a contactless environment via the adoption of automation and robotics, fast-food restaurant operator White Castle announced Tuesday morning additional robot deployments were nearing in the pursuit to automate kitchens.White Castle, who announced a partnership with Miso Robotics' Flippy, a robotic chef, in July, which we've highlighted for years (see here & here), released a statement, announcing ten White Castle locations will soon receive robotic chefs. More jobs not coming back post-pandemic.Maybe time to revive and automate Horn & Hardart with separate eating stalls? And yes, Horn & Hardart really does have a Wikipedia entry. Zero HedgeWhite Castle To Automate Kitchens As Contactless Shift

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As restaurants across the country adjust for a post-pandemic world, driven mainly by the shift to a contactless environment via the adoption of automation and robotics, fast-food restaurant operator White Castle announced Tuesday morning additional robot deployments were nearing in the pursuit to automate kitchens.

White Castle, who announced a partnership with Miso Robotics' Flippy, a robotic chef, in July, which we've highlighted for years (see here & here), released a statement, announcing ten White Castle locations will soon receive robotic chefs.

More jobs not coming back post-pandemic.

Maybe time to revive and automate Horn & Hardart with separate eating stalls? And yes, Horn & Hardart really does have a Wikipedia entry.
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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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