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The begining of the end of fast foods?
1 posted on 08/29/2013 9:16:20 AM PDT by Biggirl
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Three words: automated food production.

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2 posted on 08/29/2013 9:20:02 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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Obama has put a lot of people out of their good jobs and into fast food jobs.

Having voted for Obama, those workers now want $15 an hour.


3 posted on 08/29/2013 9:22:11 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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Big National Problem = Liberals / Progressives retarding the economy.


5 posted on 08/29/2013 9:24:25 AM PDT by LALALAW (one of the asses who's sick of our "ruling" classes)
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Top Down: Obama Care forcing people out of full time jobs and reducing small business workforces making people go to work at the local fast food place part time.

Bottom Up: Fast Food strikes started for more wages as people whine and complain without realizing their president is the the cause of their current predicament.

Inside Out: Government Nationalizing ALL Private Industry in an attempt to “Resolve the Crisis”


7 posted on 08/29/2013 9:25:13 AM PDT by GraceG
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Coming to a "fast food" location near you.

8 posted on 08/29/2013 9:25:51 AM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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This would be a no brainer for me if I owned a FF store.

If people who I pay to do a job DEMAND I give them more than they agreed upon at hiring, the order for Automation would be placed that day.

While I have extensive control automation experience I an not a fan of Automation simply to replace people but maybe do the job faster, better, and yes sometimes those criteria did result in a job lost but when people DEMAND it, full automation steam ahead.


10 posted on 08/29/2013 9:28:10 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam! 969)
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Union thugs who wish to rob fast food workers gather in front of businesses, encouraging employees to join their unions with promises of fanciful wages is more like it...

Guess they’ve pretty much given up on the whole WalMart union thing.


11 posted on 08/29/2013 9:28:14 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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Here's a video of one of the strikers confronting fast food management.
12 posted on 08/29/2013 9:30:44 AM PDT by Maceman (Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
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>The begining of the end of fast foods? <

I’ve not been eating regularly at fast food places and I’ve not only lost a bunch of weight and dropped clothing sizes, I feel better. If we eat out, it is most likely at a local, non-franchise eatery.

I think basic laws of economics are going to kick into high gear if fast food is forced to pay idiotic wages to workers.


13 posted on 08/29/2013 9:31:05 AM PDT by Darnright ("I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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14 posted on 08/29/2013 9:33:58 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Gun Control Haiku: Say "Registration" / And they call you paranoid / So say "Privacy")
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Unions and workers are suffering from short term memory loss. Hostess bakeries.


15 posted on 08/29/2013 9:34:30 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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Yes, let’s unionize a massive food industry. What could possibly go wrong?


17 posted on 08/29/2013 9:37:25 AM PDT by lurk
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The beginning of the end of fast foods?”

Many of us grew up in an era when there were no “fast foods” places. It’s really no big deal and I would think that people really will be able to survive. Most of the restaurants in our area do offer delivery and/or curb pick-up - not quite as instantaneous but we’ve been opting for that for quite a while and it works well.

God forbid that people should actually cook meals at home.


18 posted on 08/29/2013 9:38:33 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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It can be the end, since fast food is just a convenience. People can easily substitute a can of soup at work for going out to McDonalds. Since customers can easily substitute, fast food must fight costs. Everything that can be automated will be. Smashburger and Subway are rolling out online ordering already.

These strikes and Obamacare will force a wave of automation, and once people get used to ordering their food from their phone and just picking it up, things will never go back. Hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost.

19 posted on 08/29/2013 9:38:39 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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The union people pushing this must be racist haters....if $15 an hour is good for everyone wouldn't $50 be better? $100?
20 posted on 08/29/2013 9:39:49 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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Guess these fast food workers are not familiar with the Twinkie Syndrome.


22 posted on 08/29/2013 9:42:42 AM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic
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Robots will replace the fast food worker if they get their way.


27 posted on 08/29/2013 9:51:51 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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bolstered by support from labor unions, churches, and other groups

I'm sick of these news organizations referring to these "churches" as a "church." They are community agitators that use the Bible to get NFP/tax-free status.

29 posted on 08/29/2013 9:53:06 AM PDT by matt04
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In equation form:

minimum skills + minimum ambition = minimum value to employer = minimum wage


30 posted on 08/29/2013 9:53:32 AM PDT by Bob
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THE BIG NATIONAL PROBLEM IS DEMOCRATS, PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICANS AND THEIR COMMUNISM... END OF STORY.


31 posted on 08/29/2013 9:53:50 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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