I wouldn’t mind a service that had traveling stores that I could request, or be notified when a store I liked would be in my area.
Hey, that beer store you liked is going to be on your corner at 6pm, did you want to pick something up?
Yeah, I tend to walk to the store, so I almost never buy certain frozen foods like ice cream because they’ll melt on the way home. Would be nice if they could send a small truck around with ice cream, and maybe even play a little jingle to let me know when it’s nearby.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
What started as a safety precaution has become an everyday occurrence for many, as people are skipping restaurant waits and grocery store lines for the convenience of apps like Instacart and Seamless.
When it comes to buying things from the supermarket or drug stores, websites can be difficult to navigate and rarely offer an accurate representation of what’s actually in stock at a given time.
It offers retailers customized branding options (effectively a car wrap) and capacity for ~300 SKUs.
“Robomart Haven gives supermarkets the ability to expand their retail footprint at a fraction of the cost,” co-founder and CEO Ali Ahmed says.
“Leveraging our powerful white label suite of software, they can enable store-hailing under their own retail banner by providing consumers with a full in-person shopping experience for all their daily essentials right at home.”
The vehicle — which is more akin to a customized minivan than Nuro-style self-driving cart — launched in beta at the end of 2020.
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