About this episode
In this week's Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand, conservative grocery giant H-E-B surprises everyone by piloting autonomous delivery robots in Austin with Avride. We break down why this 1-mile radius test makes sense for this location but question whether robot delivery can scale beyond urban experiments. Timestamps: 25:12 - H-E-B robot pilot details 26:21 - Why this location works 27:07 - Scaling challenges 27:45 - "Garminized" prediction 28:56 - Partnership speculation Catch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/3lsaTBvBuMs #HEB #AutonomousDelivery #GroceryRobots #RetailInnovation #LastMileDelivery This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy