Compass Trend (3b): More on Automated Restaurant Service

Click here for more examples of automated restaurant service. In an economically repressed terrain, there is a significant need to be operationally efficient. In most slow economic growth situations, this specific trend will continue. It is only a matter of time, that the casual dining restaurants will no longer have a large team of waiters. It will become near-obsolete in some cases.

For what it is worth, we have been following this particular trend since last year.

Update (06.08.11):

Compass Rule: For every general situation, there is an exception to the rule.

We will post the exception to this trend some time this weekend.

Side bar: If there is an electric blackout, we wondered how will the "technophile" crowd behave in a restaurant?