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Colombian fast food chain bets on automated restaurants
Read full article: Colombian fast food chain bets on automated restaurantsAn employee measures the body temperature of a customer at the entrance of a MUY restaurant, a Colombian fast food chain that is planning to turn its branches into automated restaurants, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)BOGOTA A Colombian fast food chain is planning to turn its branches into automated restaurants at a moment when the coronavirus pandemic has slammed the food service industry worldwide. The automat's main lobby is lined with colorful touch screens on which customers order their food. Spyce, a Boston eatery where robots cooked meals shut down in November to make changes to its menu and has not reopened. MUY is trying to adapt to the pandemic by making it easy for customers to order food from home through an app.