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Show Notes
Guest: Jacob Lorinc, business reporter
Want a smoothie with a side of outsourcing? That's what customers are seeing at several Freshii locations in Ontario. Instead of a regular cashier, a virtual customer service agent takes your order before actual staff in the restaurant prepare it. Called Percy, a virtual cashier is based in other countries, like Nicaragua or Pakistan, where they earn much less than Ontario's minimum wage. This is a new customer-facing approach that could be a disruptive force in this sector in the coming years.
This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Matt Hearn and Raju Mudhar.