re: #291 dat_said

Insider: Retailers appear to be facing a self-checkout reckoning

I’m certain at least one Silicon Valley start-up has pitched a “cook your own meal” restaurant where you punch in your order at a kiosk, a little robot gathers and preps your meal, and then delivers it to your cook station where the appliances have been properly programmed. Just think of all the labor cost savings.

Now that I’m thinking about it, is there someone out there making an automatic cocktail dispenser? I may have to call up some of my VC friends if there isn’t.

When I’m at Kroger, there’s one person watching the 8 auto checkout stations. Half of them are generally blinking, needing help, and sometimes you can end up waiting 3 or 4 minutes for the person to get to you.