Twin Cities restaurant adds robot to staff amid workforce shortage
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Many Minnesota businesses are dealing with staffing shortages.
One Twin Cities restaurant has come up with a creative way to help solve the problem.
Sawatdee Thai restaurant has added a robot to its staff at its Minneapolis and Maple Grove location.
The robot, named "DeeDee," isn’t designed to replace a server, but rather, help one.
"She’s basically just a food runner," Sawatdee owner Cyndy Harrison said. "She’s basically just a food runner. Someone in the kitchen will take the food and put it on her tray, then she’ll go out to a table and she’ll announce that she’s there or she’ll meet the server there and the server will distribute the food."
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DeeDee has become quite popular with many customers.
"She’s the celebrity, like, everyone wants to see her," Harrison said.