Who wins the minimum wage wars? The robots...

[Jesus Malverde]

This isn’t the first time kiosks were used in place of real people. Airlines have been doing it for years, and now Panera has joined the club!

The soup and sandwich giant will be cutting down the number of cashiers in its new store design in attempt to fix its speed problems. The chain has faced criticism in the past over its slightly slower service in comparison to other fast food companies, so it was proposed to put the power of the order in the customer’s hands. Panera Chief Executive Ron Shaich said in an interview:

“The dirty little secret in the food industry is one in seven orders is wrong. We’re one in ten, a little better than average. Half of those inaccuracies happen during order input.”

http://sourcefed.com/the-robots-have-won-panera-replaces-cashiers-with-kiosks/

[Hippo_Tron]

1. What does this have to do with the minimum wage?

Even if we dropped the minimum wage back to $5 an hour, a computer is still substantially cheaper than a full-time employee making minimum wage.