Ottonomy Unveils Autonomous ‘Ottobot’ at CES
At this year’s CES expo in Las Vegas, Ottonomy.IO showed off its Ottobot Yeti, which the company claims is the first fully autonomous delivery robot that can handle curbside, first-mile and last-mile deliveries, as well as locker integration and automated return for...
Restaurant Inflation: Final CPI Report of 2022
Prices consumers paid for food away from home (meals from restaurants) increased 8.5 percent year-over-year in November, according to the final Consumer Price Index (CPI) report of 2022. The data remains almost unchanged to the prior month’s 8.6 percent index....
EatStreet Driving Toward ‘Possible Bankruptcy’
According to local news reports, EatStreet, a Madison, Wisconsin-based third-party restaurant delivery provider, is reportedly edging toward bankruptcy or liquidation in the wake of a $1.2 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by workers. After several years of...
Nextbite, Vroom Partner on Convenience Store Delivery
Vroom Delivery, a full-stack e-commerce platform for convenience stores, has partnered with Nextbite’s Ordermark to enable C-stores to easily add delivery to their repertoire. Ordermark is an online ordering/delivery management platform enabling restaurants,...
Kiwibot Rolls Out New Robots, University Partnership
Kiwibot, a Miami-based robotic delivery manufacturer with South American roots, announced that Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles will soon be home to 25 of its self-driving robots designed with advanced technology. Calling it the first “High Driving...
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