'Fight for $15' McBackfire? Here's when ALL McDonald's locations 'will have self-order kiosks'

Doug P. | 11:44 PM on June 05, 2018

Bernie Sanders has been among the high profile lefties pushing “#FightFor15,” but it won’t come without a big, counterproductive downside. Here’s the latest:

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/1004099893894569985

Really? Yup:

McDonald’s is planning to add self-serve kiosks across the U.S. https://t.co/KSdhEeDxAc

— FORTUNE (@FortuneMagazine) June 6, 2018

McDonald's to add self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores each quarter: 'What we're finding is when people dwell more, they select more' https://t.co/gtVWecwy5C pic.twitter.com/3RYp2MQ6p4

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) June 5, 2018

The Law of Unintentional Consequences is doing its thing again:

McDonald’s will roll out self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores every quarter for the next two years, according to CEO Steve Easterbrook.

The kiosks were already in roughly 3,500 US McDonald’s restaurants as of March, or about one-fourth of its domestic stores. They will be in about half of US restaurants by the end of 2018 and in all stores by 2020. McDonald’s locations in Australia, Canada, and the UK are even further along in kiosk usage.

Customers who use the kiosks tend to browse the menu and order more, Easterbrook told CNBC this week, adding, “There’s a little bit of an average check boost.”