Yep agreed on all of those counts. We're designing the machine and operation to keep costs low and reliability high.
E.g. ingredients are pre-prepped in the central kitchen and then transported refrigerated to the auto-kitchens. The mechanism is designed for easy cleaning and refilling upstream and reliable operation in the auto-kitchen. It's one of the only parts of our machine that's totally custom; we've filed a patent on it because we think it gives us a significant leg up over previous approaches.
Food safety is also a huge deal to us; we've been working closely with regulators from almost day 1 to make sure that our approach is even safer than a traditional restaurant (less room for error.)
And rent is also a plus for our approach: a parking spot costs less to rent than commercial real estate!
E.g. ingredients are pre-prepped in the central kitchen and then transported refrigerated to the auto-kitchens. The mechanism is designed for easy cleaning and refilling upstream and reliable operation in the auto-kitchen. It's one of the only parts of our machine that's totally custom; we've filed a patent on it because we think it gives us a significant leg up over previous approaches.
Food safety is also a huge deal to us; we've been working closely with regulators from almost day 1 to make sure that our approach is even safer than a traditional restaurant (less room for error.)
And rent is also a plus for our approach: a parking spot costs less to rent than commercial real estate!