Well, if they're saving money on labor that money can be spent in better quality ingredients. They could then sell a better quality product at the same cost and

Well, if they're saving money on labor that money can be spent in better quality ingredients. They could then sell a better quality product at the same cost and increase overall profit by, presumably, increasing sales. Completely agreed that maintaining low quality is a path to irrelevance for most of these places, regardless of automation.