The writing between the lines is that McDonald's is preparing to do away with human order-takers altogether, replacing that role with a food runner that can occasionally take an order but mostly just takes food to people's seats. The ordering will move to digital kiosks and online.
And when you do all of that, having the fountain machine on the customer side makes almost no sense.
And when you do all of that, having the fountain machine on the customer side makes almost no sense.