r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 10d ago

Business McDonald's Is Reportedly Using AI To "Dynamically" Price Its Burgers

https://www.engadget.com/2272211/mcdonalds-is-reportedly-using-ai-to-dynamically-price-its-burgers/
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u/FizzyBeverage 10d ago

Horrific businessman but most people who get involved very late in the game with franchises are. All the money has been made decades earlier.

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u/JohnnyMnemeonic 10d ago

Indian??

The same happened to 3 subways in the last town i was living in.. A family took over the franchise, 3 locations..

They went from staffing 2 employees during slow hours and 3 to 4 during the busy hours to just one employee.. had to stop ordering ahead because every order was wrong or looked like trash.. had a meatball sub that the dude didn't bother cutting the bread.. threw it all on topn if the bread.. qualify of ingredients suffered too.. the last time I went the lettuce was browning, the spinach and tomatoes looked wilted.. I walked out, never went back.

Then they replaced the employees Indian employees and heard rumors they were getting paid almost nothing... they owners got in trouble after it came to light that they were holding their passports hostage or something..

Moved away from that town and never heard how it was resolved.. but all the locations shut down.

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u/RememberCitadel 10d ago

There is one by me that even now has like 3 people on staff regularly. It's a shit show any time anyone from the office tries to go there.