At the intersection
of robotics technology, restaurants, cloud computing, fresh fast food, and labor
saving solutions is a new retail restaurant called Mezli.
According to Steven Johnson
Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® “Mezli is
ushering in a new platform for growth in both urban and rural locations.”.
A recent article about Robotic technology
stated that at retail robotic technology is not itself a new trend, but summer
2022 saw one quick service retailer leveraging robotic automation in a very
novel way. “Mezli,
a fully-autonomous robotic
restaurant that resembles a large refrigerated
container, opened in the Spark Social food park in San Francisco in
August. The high-tech eatery is described by its founders as the “first of its
kind in the world.”
While other automated restaurants have
opened in San Francisco and other select locations, Mezli is the first to offer a customizable,
hot menu to customers— with no on-site workers, according to its founders.
(Staffers will load the pre-prepared ingredients into the site once a
day.)
The automated approach, which
significantly cuts labor costs, will allow Mezli to offer its menu of
Mediterranean grain bowls, sides and beverages at a significantly lower price
point than similar fast-casual restaurants, the company said. In addition to
the ready-made bowl offerings, customers using touchscreens can assemble their
own from available ingredients, creating around 64,800 possible combinations.
Now once again empowering consumer choice, but we wonder if that is just a bit
to much choice?
Now this cloud-based enterprise data
backbone will include a core data platform, data product, and
advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities.
H&M also plans to establish of a new data mesh to make all types of data
and events more accessible from multiple sources, including in-store, online,
and third-party brands and suppliers.
Then as its enterprise cloud partnership
with Google develops, the retailer hopes to optimize its internal supply
chains. The company also intends to obtain the ability to deliver
next-generation customer experiences across a variety of physical and data
sales channels. In addition, H&M wants to enable further development of
data science and AI capabilities throughout its global enterprise.
Even grocery stores are using an
increasingly innovative variety of smart technologies to cut food waste by
improving in-store freshness. In July, Wisconsin-based regional grocer Festival
Foods announced it was ensuring food safety and minimizing shrink with Internet
of Things (IoT) technology.
The retailer utilizes Bluetooth IoT
sensors from SmartSense to automatically and continuously monitor the
temperature of coolers, refrigerators, and chilled cases in all of its stores.
Festival Foods placed SmartSense Bluetooth IoT sensors in all chilled and
frozen product shelving units in all of its stores.
Restaurants, retail, and grocery are all leveraging
technology more and more. Does your
brand look more like yesterday or tomorrow?
Don’t over reach. Are
you ready for some fresh ideations? Do your food marketing ideations look more
like yesterday than tomorrow? Interested in learning how Foodservice Solutions® can edify your
retail food brand while creating a platform for consumer convenient
meal participation, differentiation and individualization? Email us at: Steve@FoodserviceSolutions.us or visit us on our social media sites by clicking the
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