Fast food chain Shake Shack has announced the imminent opening of the restaurant in the East Village, which will be held this month. Now customers will be able to experience what the future can be, because orders will be accepted in digital form, and in principle everything will happen by itself.
Channel CNBC reports that the restaurant at 51 Astor Place will be the first in the history of the city stand exclusively in cash, which means that there you will not see a single cashier. Instead, customers will be asked to use special terminals and mobile phones to place orders.
The orders will come straight to the kitchen, and when ready, visitors will receive a message from the restaurant stating that they can pick up your lunch (Breakfast, lunch, dinner, underline).
Externally, the new Shake Shack will not be different from the traditional chain restaurants, but there are many dining room and waiting area.
Despite the fact that with the introduction of modern technologies in the restaurant eliminated the need for cashiers in the hall will have special employees, overseeing the operation of the terminals and ready to help any minute. The entire staff of the branch will be paid a salary in excess of the minimum rate, not less than $ 15 per hour. The management of the network does not exclude that within the next 2 years, the employees of all restaurants in major cities will also get more than minimum wage.
Restaurant in Astor Place will be a kind of pilot projectthat will allow you to test the waters.
Other innovations associated with the new restaurant, touch the speed of delivery and packaging of the order. Currently the company is working to reduce the time necessary for delivery of the order, and in what form this order falls into the hands of the customer.
