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Flippy hard at work inside CaliBurger.
For two months, a CaliBurger operator has been plugged into the company's “restaurant operating system." So far, so good.
Strolling down a San Francisco city street on vacation a couple of years ago, husband Doug and I happened upon a coffee shop.
Cali Group CEO John Miller and one of his newest babies, the updated, rail-based Flippy. The new model can move between multiple stations to f…
From left, Miso Robotics leaders Rob Anderson, Buck Jordan and Ryan Sinnet talk through the logistics of the mobile Flippy cart, designed to m…
Flippy at the fry station inside a Dodger Stadium concession stand.
In a world where ‘chef techs' monitor and assist a burger-flipping robot, dramatic decreases in employee turnover mean lower labor costs for restaurants and workers who actually enjoy their jobs. That's part of John Miller's vision for Cali Group, the parent company behind CaliBurger, Miso Robotics and robotic kitchen assistant Flippy, who's already cooking inside some CaliBurger locations. Bringing this futuristic restaurant operating system to the masses, however, means lowering the $20K-plus price tag and finding more partners to play guinea pig. Cali Group is up to the task, says Miller.
I was recently perusing Yelp ratings for a Denny's in Murrieta, California, a residential community of 115,000 people in Riverside County. Several reviewers who liked the restaurant had singled out two servers for high praise. I figured the outpost must belong to Denny's franchisee David Beshay. After all, Beshay Enterprises is headquartered in Murrieta.