Meet the New AI Workers Coming to a Restaurant Near You - Business Insider
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Meet the New AI Workers Coming to a Restaurant Near You - Business Insider
Burger King just deployed an AI "digital coworker" named Patty. Starbucks has one called Green Dot Assist.
Before you spiral into thinking you're already behind — take a breath.
You're not Burger Ki
Burger King just deployed an AI "digital coworker" named Patty. Starbucks has one called Green Dot Assist.
Before you spiral into thinking you're already behind — take a breath.
You're not Burger King. And that's actually good news.
Those companies spent millions and years getting AI to work at scale. You heard the hype, maybe bought a tool, and watched your team ignore it completely. That $200/month sitting unused isn't a failure of judgment. It's what happens when you buy a solution before you've named the problem.
Here's what the restaurant story actually teaches smaller operators: the AI that works isn't flashy. It handles one repetitive task extremely well. Patty doesn't run the whole restaurant — it answers staff questions consistently, every shift, without burning out.
That's the real lesson. Not "deploy AI everywhere." Start with your single most repeated internal question or process.
Pick the one thing your team asks or does manually 20 times a week. That's your first target. One problem, one tool, 30 days to measure it. No system overhaul required.
What's the one task in your business that feels too small to fix but eats time every single week?
