{"id":22059,"date":"2026-02-20T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/its-survival-of-the-fittest-the-uk-kebab-chain-seeking-an-edge-with-robot-slicers\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:37:18","slug":"its-survival-of-the-fittest-the-uk-kebab-chain-seeking-an-edge-with-robot-slicers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/its-survival-of-the-fittest-the-uk-kebab-chain-seeking-an-edge-with-robot-slicers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s survival of the fittest\u2019: the UK kebab chain seeking an edge with robot slicers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German Doner Kebab aims to open at 25 new sites this year with self-service screens and healthy options aimed at gen Z <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>They are already packing our groceries and delivering shopping. Now robots are coming to the kebab shop, alongside self-service screens and loyalty apps, as takeaways look for ways to tackle rising costs.<\/p>\n<p>German Doner Kebab (GDK), a perhaps surprisingly British-owned chain that has been springing up across the country, has turned to technology to keep its fast food business buzzing in the face of rising costs and tough times on the high street.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/20\/german-doner-kebab-uk-takeaway-fast-food-business-robotic-slicers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2fe7c9c0d329e9cbdd22979e1c711bf289a6d2f0\/402_0_7200_5760\/master\/7200.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2d0fade562e9afdc04380b51ec669688\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s survival of the fittest\u2019: the UK kebab chain seeking an edge with robot slicers\" \/>German Doner Kebab aims to open at 25 new sites this year with self-service screens and healthy options aimed at gen Z <\/p>\n<p>They are already packing our groceries and delivering shopping. Now robots are coming to the kebab shop, alongside self-service screens and loyalty apps, as takeaways look for ways to tackle rising costs.<br \/>\nGerman Doner Kebab (GDK), a perhaps surprisingly British-owned chain that has been springing up across the country, has turned to technology to keep its fast food business buzzing in the face of rising costs and tough times on the high street. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Doner Kebab aims to open at 25 new sites this year with self-service screens and healthy options aimed at gen Z They are already packing our groceries and delivering shopping. Now robots are coming to the kebab shop, alongside self-service screens and loyalty apps, as takeaways look for ways to tackle rising costs. German &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/its-survival-of-the-fittest-the-uk-kebab-chain-seeking-an-edge-with-robot-slicers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018It\u2019s survival of the fittest\u2019: the UK kebab chain seeking an edge with robot slicers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22059"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}