--- title: "Digits: Fries, VR, and more news numbers - The Hustle" description: "Plus: Fryers, defense budgets, and car repossessions." image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/784038086-HS-News-Brief_2023-03-06T003028.325Z.webp --- # Digits: Fries, VR, and more news numbers ![Jacob Cohen](https://thehustle.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png?width=48&height=48&name=IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png) [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/jacob-cohen) [Jacob Cohen Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/ImJacobCohen) Published: March 06, 2023 Updated: October 11, 2023 **1)** To help streamline operations for Chili’s 1.1k+ locations and 60k workers, CEO Kevin Hochman ended an unnecessary shrimp-bagging process that’ll save the company ~$6m a year. He also ended the practice of serving fries in baskets, saving employees from washing [**40m baskets**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/chilis-ribs-margarita-recession-brinker-ce0a2454?mod=hp_lista_pos2) a year. ![Digits: Fries, VR, and more news numbers](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/784038086-HS-News-Brief_2023-03-06T003028.325Z.webp?width=595&height=400&name=784038086-HS-News-Brief_2023-03-06T003028.325Z.webp) **2) **During an internal presentation, Meta’s vice president for VR, Mark Rabkin, told staff that Meta has sold [**20m+ Quest headsets**](https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/4/23623081/meta-quest-3-ps3-xbox-one-video-games-yikes) to date. For comparison, the Nintendo GameCube only sold 21m consoles ever. **3) **Well, that’s… neat. Check out Ford’s [**14-page patent application**](https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20230055958) for a system that could make it easier to repossess a car with self-driving tech. “We don’t have any plans to deploy this,” a Ford spokesperson [told](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1160932390/ford-patent-repossession-self-driving-cars) *NPR*. **4) **In 2022, Americans spent ~$1B buying air fryers, up 51% from 2019. Adam Graves, president of Nestle US’s pizza and snacks division estimates that [**~60% of US homes**](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/05/nestle-tyson-air-fryer-boom.html) now have the kitchen gadget. **5) **China is expected to increase its defense budget by 7.2% to [**1.56T yuan**](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/05/china-defense-budget-two-sessions.html) ($230B). Last year, the US government authorized $800B+ in defense spending for 2023, up from $767B in 2022 and $755B in 2021. 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