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Day: February 9, 2021

Enterpreneurship 

DoorDash buys robot food prep company Chowbotics

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The DoorDash app is shown on a smartphone on Feb. 27, 2020, in New York. DoorDash is buying automated food prep company Chowbotics to expand its fresh meal offerings. San Francisco-based DoorDash announced the acquisition Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. (AP Photo)

DoorDash is buying automated food prep company Chowbotics to expand its fresh meal offerings.

San Francisco-based DoorDash announced the acquisition Monday. Terms of the deal, which closed late last year, weren’t disclosed.

Hayward, California-based Chowbotics, which was founded seven years ago, makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Sally that can store up to 22 prepared ingredients. Sally uses those ingredients to make up to 65 salads, bowls and other meals at a time.

Prior to this year, Chowbotics had sold around 125 of its $35,000 robots, mostly to universities, medical centers and . But the company said sales jumped during the pandemic as customers looked for touch-free ways

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Biz News 

How to Handle a Problematic Customer as a Cleaning Company Owner

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Do you find yourself dealing with overly demanding clients who always seem to be dissatisfied with your cleaning services, despite your best efforts to provide deliver outstanding results? Do you feel overwhelmed by them, and increasingly in need of an effective way to handle them? As a business owner, it may be frustrating to have a stubborn and sometimes problematic customer. But the truth is you may not find a single right approach to address this issue.

Nobody wants to see their business reputation tainted on social media because an issue with a client escalates. All customer grievances must be dealt with immediately and in a manner that doesn’t cause further damage.

What Is a Problematic Customer?

It may not be easy to define a problematic client because the term “problematic client” may be relative; it depends on the industry and the type of deal or contract you have with

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