With Catering Kaput, Alchemista Makes a Big Pivot
Back in 2019, things were going really well at Boston-based corporate catering provider Alchemista. Founder and CEO Christine Marcus was partnering with restaurants to bring great food to catering clients and had just invested in a robust culinary team to handle...
Kiwibot Sets Stage for Massive (and Adorable) Growth
Kiwibot unveiled new partners and an updated robot that the company says will help propel them to massive scale. The land-based delivery robot announced a handful of new delivery partners, new city testbeds and new manufacturing partners that will push the company...
Domino’s Officially Begins Automated-Delivery Test
Some lucky customers in Texas can now get a fully automated robot delivery from Domino’s. In the real-world launch of a partnership we covered last year, the pizza giant and automation partner Nuro are finally doing real-world testing of automated deliveries....
Case Study: Safety Now, Efficiency Next with Automated Lockers
When everything shut down, Boston College had to quickly rethink foodservice to ensure a safe way to provide staff and students with food. They looked to an automated food locker and jumped headfirst into the tricky process of off-premises technology innovation. The...
Albertsons Launches Pilot of RC Delivery Cart
Albertsons Companies has partnered with Tortoise, an automated logistics company focused on last-mile solutions, to pilot its remote-controlled, zero-emission delivery cart in Northern California. “Our team is obsessed with trying new and disruptive technologies that...
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