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BLS estimates 80,000 Fast Food Industry jobs will be gone to automation by 2024 (link)

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Fast-food companies use an assembly-line approach to streamline cooking, so many positions can be filled by specialized automatons. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 80,000 jobs in the industry will be gone by 2024. Former McDonald's Chief Executive Edward Rensi's thoughts on the matter: "It's cheaper to buy a $35,000 robotic arm than it is to hire an employee who's inefficient making $15 an hour bagging french fries." Last July, White Castle became the first chain to employ a burger-grilling robot, dubbed Flippy, which was also touted as reducing the risk of spreading human pathogens.

 
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