Panera CEO: Robots Will Replace Labor ‘Like The Sun Comes Up In The Morning’

Posted by | October 31, 2015 19:00 | Filed under: Economy Planet

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Ron Shaich, the founder and CEO of Panera Bread, says get ready for robots to replace labor.

“Labor is going to go down,” Shaich said Wednesday in a quarterly earnings call. “And as digital utilization goes up — like the sun comes up in the morning — it is going to continue to go up. Digital utilization. You are seeing it happen in Panera today.

“As it happens, it’s going to benefit larger organizations like Panera, who already have the technology in place.”

Shaich’s company, Panera Bread, is in the middle of the rollout for Panera 2.0, which includes installing touch-screen ordering stations for customers at tables and the to-go line.

While rising labor costs were not the explicit impetus for the change, Shaich recognizes it is a side benefit and “one of the reasons” for the rollout.

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17 responses to Panera CEO: Robots Will Replace Labor ‘Like The Sun Comes Up In The Morning’

  1. FatRat October 31st, 2015 at 19:12

    http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mXCwF4nTCsvuKMkAyYu0H6A.jpg
    This could end up worse than having Jared and Cosby as your spokesmen.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9l9wxGFl4k&feature=youtu.be&t=91

    • DogsRgoodpeople October 31st, 2015 at 23:10

      Love tha t movie.

  2. amersham46 October 31st, 2015 at 20:10

    Just in passing , how much bread will these robots buy , to keep you in business

  3. StoneyCurtisll October 31st, 2015 at 20:46

    Off topic but…
    What are the Russians going to do about the airliner blown up over Egypt?
    this is a really big deal..
    This plane didn’t just self destruct..

    There is going to be massive dust-up over this..
    Far bigger than the Malaysian plane that went down over the ukranian

    • pignose4.0 October 31st, 2015 at 21:35

      the plane that crashed had a hard landing in 2001 that damaged the tail and the debris field shows the tail separated from the rest of the plane and it was at 30,000 ft way out of range of shoulder fired missiles that isis has. karma is a bitch eh…….

    • rg9rts October 31st, 2015 at 22:34

      They’ll crack down on the Muslims

    • katkelly57 November 1st, 2015 at 01:08

      The same thing they did about the Malaysian aircraft….shitski, comrade Curtis

  4. pignose4.0 October 31st, 2015 at 21:36

    tax the little bastards so we can all go party….

    • granpa.usthai November 1st, 2015 at 01:49

      best idea running!

  5. bpollen October 31st, 2015 at 21:53

    2nd rate establishments (Panera- overpriced and underwhelming) will have all automated service, and high-end establishments will have human service.

    • rg9rts October 31st, 2015 at 22:32

      Giving Olive Garden a run for its money

    • Hirightnow November 1st, 2015 at 18:39

      All their soup comes pre-made in bags already. How hard can it be to design a machine to assemble a sandwich and press-heat it?
      (Now, as to the question of who’s going to buy them…)

  6. rg9rts October 31st, 2015 at 22:32

    Johnny Carson’s gimmick was phones at the table to place your order

  7. granpa.usthai November 1st, 2015 at 01:52

    it’s a fully automated robot.

    nothing can go wrong
    nothing can go wrong
    nothing can go wrong
    nothgacongwroning

  8. katkelly57 November 1st, 2015 at 01:06

    I could give a flying pig’s ass about the robots….as long as those bastards don’t eff up the French Onion soup, it’s ok with me.

  9. Red Eye Robot November 1st, 2015 at 01:45

    Yeah, $15 an hour seemed like a sure fired plan!

    • Sy Colepath November 1st, 2015 at 08:26

      That’s about what a computer tech will be making 20 years from now. CEOs? In the billions…

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