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These robots can prepare your next fast food meal

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Remy is a salad-preparing food robot designed by Vancouver robotics company Cibotica. Automation adoption in the restaurant industry is growing as companies look to reduce labor costs and improve efficiency. (Cibotica – image credit) Flippy makes burgers, Chippy cooks fries and Remy serves salads. Customers may not even notice it, but robots are becoming increasingly … Read more

Thousands of restaurants and pubs closing across Britain are blaming rising bills on the pressure they are facing

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Thousands of bars, restaurants and pubs across the UK are pulling down their shutters for the final time as spiraling ground rents, production costs and no-show bookings continue to plague the sector. There were more than ten closures every day, according to industry data, which showed the number of licensed premises in Britain fell by … Read more