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Subway today unveiled an all-new "fresh forward" redesign coming to 12 pilot locations at its restaurants throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, which includes self-order kiosks in select locations that support checking out via Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. Subway has long supported Apple Pay as a payments option during the traditional check-out process in its restaurants.

The new kiosks will allow customers to browse Subway's full menu, craft their sandwich order, and then check out with a credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, or Samsung Pay.

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There will be a designated food preparation and pick-up area for orders made through the new kiosks, on the Subway mobile app, and with Facebook Messenger's Subway chatbot. The company said that this will help speed up food preparation time for both digital orders and for customers waiting in the basic check-out line.
Digital: Self-order kiosks in select locations, digital menu boards and, as always, Apple and Samsung Pay options. Guests enjoy a speedy Subway® experience with a separate food preparation area and a designated pre-order pick-up location for kiosk, mobile app, delivery, catering and bot for Messenger orders.
The Subway redesign will also include dining areas with USB charging ports so customers can fuel up their smartphones and tablets while they eat, as well as complimentary Wi-Fi, menu changes, and new decor.

The "fresh forward" Subway design is launching today at the following locations: Tamarac, FL; Orlando, FL (2 locations); Winter Park, FL; Chula Vista, CA; Knoxville, TN; Palmview, TX; Hillsboro, OR; Vancouver, WA; Beauport, QC; Granby, QC; and Manchester, U.K.

Subway said that, "Many elements of the new brand identity will be worldwide by the end of 2017."

Article Link: Subway Refreshing Store Designs With Self-Order Kiosks That Support Apple Pay
 
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Ready for wireless charging in my phone so I can "fuel up" without the risk of connecting my phone to a random USB.

Also, the Subway's around here are mostly staffed by people that are not doing a good job in general. I have not been to one in nearly a year. The quality was not there. Can't speak for all Subway's, just the few near me.
 
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Now just have a robot that puts ingredients on the rolls and the only thing you'll need people for anymore is stocking and cleaning.

Not that those are particularly difficult jobs for robots, just I think existing stores will require more of a redesign for robots to perform those tasks.
 
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I was yelled at at the grocery by a checkout girl who said that I could 'save time' by going through the self pay. I said that I'd rather 'save her job' by bothering her and making her actually do something other than stand there (obviously paraphrased). The look on her face was priceless. How stupid do people have to get? I was shocked...
 
Not sure why this is "apple" news. Subway already supports Apple Pay. Been using it there for months. At least around here they do. Take away the Apple Pay and this story is "mediocre sandwich chain does stuff unrelated to apple."
 
Regardless of the minimum wage, screens and robots will displace all these jobs. Over the lifespan of a kiosk or an intelligent barista-robot, it will work out to something miniscule like $0.01/hour.
 
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I was yelled at at the grocery by a checkout girl who said that I could 'save time' by going through the self pay. I said that I'd rather 'save her job' by bothering her and making her actually do something other than stand there (obviously paraphrased). The look on her face was priceless. How stupid do people have to get? I was shocked...
Long term the trend is inevitable. 100 years ago 40% of jobs were in agriculture. Now 2% are.

This time around even skilled jobs are at risk of automation. Computers are getting good at reading documents and analyzing data. Humans will adapt but it will hurt some people and help others along the way.
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Regardless of the minimum wage, screens and robots will displace all these jobs. Over the lifespan of a kiosk or an intelligent barista-robot, it will work out to something miniscule like $0.01/hour.
It accelerates the process, though.

The WSJ had an op-ed today that suggested that schools prioritize teaching coding over other subjects such as foreign languages.
 
Why is this article posted here? Is it news that the kiosk accepts Apple Pay? Subway has been accepting Apple Pay at their registers from its inception. It would be news if the new kiosk didn't accept it.
 
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Used my first self service restaurant kiosk not too long ago at a Hardees. I would rather have someone ring me up just like when I'm checking out of the grocery store.
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Looking forward for macfonulds to do this feature. Want to see a robot pull out a burger and put it in microwave for a minute and then my order is ready.
I'm not sure if it's every where, but at least the ones I have stopped at McDonald's is getting slow.
 
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Subway today unveiled an all-new "fresh forward" redesign coming to 12 pilot locations at its restaurants throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, which includes self-order kiosks in select locations that support checking out via Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. Subway has long supported Apple Pay as a payments option during the traditional check-out process in its restaurants.

The new kiosks will allow customers to browse Subway's full menu, craft their sandwich order, and then check out with a credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, or Samsung Pay.

subway-kiosk-apple-pay.jpg

There will be a designated food preparation and pick-up area for orders made through the new kiosks, on the Subway mobile app, and with Facebook Messenger's Subway chatbot. The company said that this will help speed up food preparation time for both digital orders and for customers waiting in the basic check-out line.
The Subway redesign will also include dining areas with USB charging ports so customers can fuel up their smartphones and tablets while they eat, as well as complimentary Wi-Fi, menu changes, and new decor.

The "fresh forward" Subway design is launching today at the following locations: Tamarac, FL; Orlando, FL (2 locations); Winter Park, FL; Chula Vista, CA; Knoxville, TN; Palmview, TX; Hillsboro, OR; Vancouver, WA; Beauport, QC; Granby, QC; and Manchester, U.K.

Subway said that, "Many elements of the new brand identity will be worldwide by the end of 2017."

Article Link: Subway Refreshing Store Designs With Self-Order Kiosks That Support Apple Pay

That’s actually hilarious because I just was in this tiny Subway attatched to a Safeway here in Hillsboro OR and they were in the middle of setting it up. The entire store was getting remodeled and was looking pretty fresh. They also now display their uncut veggies in a Panda Express kind of way
 
Not sure why this is "apple" news. Subway already supports Apple Pay. Been using it there for months. At least around here they do. Take away the Apple Pay and this story is "mediocre sandwich chain does stuff unrelated to apple."

It is Apple news, because Apple is affilaited with Subway. We already know Subway includes Apple Pay. But because it includes Apple Pay, they are also show casing the expansions of the new kiosk and set up that is still correlated with Apple Pay and it's capabilities. Regardless, it is Apple related on how you view it, unless Apple Pay were not to exist, then neither would this article on the front page of Macrumors.
 
Looking forward for macfonulds to do this feature. Want to see a robot pull out a burger and put it in microwave for a minute and then my order is ready.

They're already doing this. I was in a local McDonald's a few weeks ago and they had a large kiosk ordering system near each entrance. The robot fry makers have been in place for years too. I haven't seen burger robots in regular use yet but I'm sure it's coming soon. The original concept of the McDonald's brothers was to introduce radical efficiency into food preparation. This is a larger outgrowth of that concept.
 
I was yelled at at the grocery by a checkout girl who said that I could 'save time' by going through the self pay. I said that I'd rather 'save her job' by bothering her and making her actually do something other than stand there (obviously paraphrased). The look on her face was priceless. How stupid do people have to get? I was shocked...
Someone had to engineer the self checkout
Someone had to build the self checkout
Someone had to program the self checkout
Someone had to maintain the self checkout.

I have named four jobs self checkouts created. Each one paying well over $40k a year.

Having worked Walmart this is the self checkout hosts job! This is your assigned task. To rope people to use self checkout. If you think this is protesting, I kindly point out more important social issues that need protesting.
 
Retail/cashier is only the most common job in the country. Surely this isn't something we should be concerned about at all.

"Humans need not apply". We need to think about a world where the majority of people can't work anymore.
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Someone had to engineer the self checkout
Someone had to build the self checkout
Someone had to program the self checkout
Someone had to maintain the self checkout.

I have named four jobs self checkouts created. Each one paying well over $40k a year.

That's four jobs that could replace dozens.
 
Why concerned? Technology has long replaced many manual functions and society hasn’t collapsed. There will be other skill sets needed for the next types of work.

This is going beyond manual functions. AI includes mental functions, and it seems that virtually no occupation is going to be safe forever. I'm not speaking doom and gloom for society, however I would suggest that it's urgent we come up with a societal economic system to deal with massive amounts of people being put out of work.
 
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