Chipotle is usually faster if you go there in person
Does this mean Taco Bell is going to hire (more/cheaper) non-English speaking staff that don't have to talk to the customers to take their orders?![]()
Taco Bell's wages are already the lowest amongst fast-food chains in the country. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the real motivecutting corners.
Taco Bell Is The Worst-Paying Fast Food Company
Hopefully sorted by "clean" vs "Maybe" and "Free" vs "Pay".So, will this system also link to a mapping app showing the nearest restrooms?![]()
That’s pretty slick. I love the idea of pushing the decision delay outside of the restaurant/line, and then providing a JIT kind of food prep - per this quote:
ast time I ate at one was a couple of years ago, coming home from the downtown casino in Pittsburgh, we were hungry, tired and the drive through was open at 2am
Yeah, yikes ... it’s _cheap_ for college kids I guess![]()
This will be chaos when a bunch of people arrive at once.
About time.
We should be able to go to a fast food place, grab a table, order food from our smartphones, pay for it (very important that the food is paid for before anything is made) and have it delivered to our table number.
People keep pushing for increased minimum wage workers... this is the result.
SelfServ mobile ordering, SelfServ kiosk ordering (has been trialed at Wendy's). Maybe more automation coming down the line.
We have a nearby local 24hr cupcake atm. Imagine if that could pass a burrito/cheeseburger/fries through a microwave and out through a slot.
Few people needed.
As someone who works on the R&D campus of a SelfServ kiosk company, I totally support $15+/hr minimum wage![]()
I don't really eat Taco Bell but I must say I LOVE the Chipotle app. It's so awesome if I'm about to leave work for the day and don't feel like cooking I just order what I want swing by the store on the way home and it's ready to go. Sometimes the line is pretty long since my Chipotle is right across the road from a children's hospital so the app is pretty handy for avoiding a line of people that typically don't know what they want.![]()
I think the Mobile Ordering apps are a great idea.
I'm shocked drive thru windows don't already have touch screens to place and pay for your order. I feel like we have been behind for over a decade.
oh man. i thought it was delivery. i got too excited
In going out on a limb here and assuming that exactly zero people who eat fast good care about this. What they want is delicious processes lard, sugars, and sodium. They don't care about their own health, why would they care about the pimple faced teenager behind the drive thru window?
I always get a little suspicious when I see a pimple faced teenager serve my food. Cuz what if their pimple juice leaked out into my food while they were making it? I don't wanna eat a whitehead!
They've been shown to serve horse meat (which I don't necessarily have a problem with except that customers were none the wiser; of course it's also illegal to eat horse in the states). I wouldn't be surprised if there were other mystery ingredients.
Chipotle rules. Generous portions, excellent ingredients, and you can make a right edible burrito if you have 'em ladle on a mix of salsas. Some deride it as inauthentic. I say, get over it, it's darn good by any measure.
And the app! Just the very best thing on my iPhone, is all. If I'm stuck in some dreary hotel somewhere (at least in the US), it'll help me order and then guide me to a Chipotle nearby where my food will be waiting for me. The very greatest app ever.
But a Taco Bell iPhone app? I guess it's an idea for those who just can't wait for their indigestion. I hope they call the app iArrhea.
If you really look at the nutritional value, Chipotle and Taco Bell are one and the same. A chipotle burrito can contain your whole daily value of sodium, sat. fat, and cholesterol.