From fully autonomous fast food chains to smart carts lining grocery store parking lots, the look of the food industry is changing due to massive investments in AI technology. The American consumer is beginning to cut back on spending and rising food and labor costs are pushing the food industry to invest more in automation to reduce labor costs and improve productivity. sales, in order to remain competitive and take advantage of changing consumer tastes.

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00:00 Presentation
2:34 CH 1. Digitize food retail
5:35 p.m. CH 2. The risk and reward of robots
8:30 a.m. CH 3. What’s next?

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Camera by: Kaan Oguz and DeLon Thornton
Edited by: Michael Hoyt
Graphics: Christina Locopo and Jason Regniato
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
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