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How Delta Makes 3,200 Meals Per Day

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In the last few months, we’ve posted videos focusing on small businesses that produce mouthwatering foods by hand, from tasty chocolates to delicious hand-rolled bagels. Today’s video looks at another sort of commercial kitchen, however, a facility owned by Delta Airlines that pumps out more than 3,000 meals daily by relying on robotic machines. 

Questions:

  1. Why does Delta rely on automated cooking machines at its Atlanta facility?
  2. Do you think small businesses producing food by hand could benefit from the robotic equipment used by Delta? Why or why not?
Author: NickelsMcHughMcHugh