McDonald's AI pricing engine analyzes transactions across 14,000 US restaurants
djcows · x · 2026-10-03
Per Reuters, McDonald's is using an AI "pricing engine" that analyzes millions of daily transactions across 14,000 US restaurants, estimates each area's willingness to pay, and generates "the optimal price" for every menu item per store. The poster quips they're "HFTing cheeseburgers."
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