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by mikro2nd 638 days ago
In most restaurants the kitchen remains the bottleneck. Tech has not fixed that.
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Hey now, there'll be a startup that promises to bolt AI-powered robot arms to everything, can only cook licensed "Verified Recipes" and will be bleating "we just need more data bro, 6 months more runway, on my mother's life" until they go spectacularly bust at the end of their "journey" having never cooked a single meal.
Tech "fixed" that with frozen food, fryers and microwaves. Ordering on your phone a microwaved industrial meal is a consistent user experience. That's ok for fast-food but not something I'd enjoy at a cafe or restaurant.
Soylent and Huel seem to have fixed that issue, for their target market.
I've never yet heard of any restaurants that serve Soylent or Huel.
> their target market.

Those who enjoy tasteless gruel and want to spend their days farting?

Invisible farts are a guiding principle of the market.