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Chowbotics Creates Solution To Bring Sally the Salad Robot To Any Office

DALLAS, TX -- Chowbotics has launched an off-premise kitchen business unit to accommodate sales of its flagship product, Sally the Salad Robot at businesses with limited or nonexistent onsite foodservice. The new division will work with commissary kitchen partners that will clean the robots' ingredient canisters, prepare ingredients for filling the canisters and deliver the canisters to businesses. Sally delivers precise portions and serves up salads in places where fresh, made-to-order food migh...

May 3, 2018

DALLAS, TX -- Chowbotics has launched an off-premise kitchen business unit to accommodate sales of its flagship product, Sally the Salad Robot at businesses with limited or nonexistent onsite foodservice.

The new division will work with commissary kitchen partners that will clean the robots' ingredient canisters, prepare ingredients for filling the canisters and deliver the canisters to businesses.

Sally delivers precise portions and serves up salads in places where fresh, made-to-order food might not otherwise exist, including cafeterias, convenience stores, restaurants and hotels.

Salads are created in about a minute with any combination of up to 22 ingredients. Users can fine-tune the calorie total by adding or subtracting ingredients via a touchscreen. The company plans to adapt the technology for customizable fruits, yogurt, breakfast, Asian bowls and more in the future.

Leading the charge as vice-president of the new off-premise kitchen business is Lee Greer, a 30-year industry veteran.

"Robotics allows us to provide a fresh, customizable fast casual experience within any office," Greer said. "I am delighted we can now make this a reality."

Greer is based in Chowbotics' Dallas office and will work with the engineering team and commissary kitchen partners to develop solutions for transporting canisters, refilling ingredients, cleaning the robots and optimizing vending routes. He will oversee sales, marketing and the design of Sally for off-premise kitchen clients such as offices, malls, motels, train stations and airports.

Greer founded a startup in the 1980s called Delivery Dynamics, an outsourced, contracted delivery service provider to restaurants with dedicated order entry and delivery staff onsite. Through Delivery Dynamics, he developed delivery programs for TGI Friday's and Jason's Deli, a fast-casual deli, among others. In 1994, Greer was hired as chief marketing officer for Jason's Deli, where he created a pioneering online ordering platform that resulted in the venture capital-funded startup, OrderTalk.