McDonald's continues to modernize, always a little more every day.

On December 1, the American chain opened an almost fully automated experimental restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas.

And this novelty divides.

The test location offers customers to order their meals mainly from robots.

From the order terminal to the delivery of burgers, on the drive-in format, we do not see a living soul.

The final order arrives on a conveyor belt to the customer, still installed in his car, reports The Guardian relayed by Capital.

Activists stand against automation

A customer filmed his experience in the new restaurant in a video shared on social networks during this month of December.

We see that the interior is half the size of a classic McDonald's restaurant and has only one automatic order terminal.


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According to a McDonald's spokesperson, this drive-in restaurant is not fully automated and employs as many people as a traditional restaurant in the fast-food chain.

The concept has nevertheless aroused the anger of those who, for months, have been asking McDonald's to pay its employees better.



In Texas in particular, fast-food workers earn $7.25 an hour, or 10 cents less than the federal minimum wage.

The salary grid has not increased for almost ten years.

In this context, the technical innovations of the test restaurant – inevitably costly – and the absence of visible employees have provoked indignation.

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