More than 80% of consumers said grocery-store salad bars are too risky... But what to replace them with?
Costing $35,000, Sally comes from a Bay Area startup called Chowbotics and will make its debut in Heinen's Pepper Pike, Ohio location later this week. Sally looks like a vending machine, holds 22 separate ingredients (including dressings) and tracks the nutritional profile of a salad as the shopper builds it on a touchscreen (a mobile ordering app is in the works for those who don't want to touch anything).
Sally will dish out 5 standard salads at first for $6.99 each, like Cobb and Chicken Caesar, but shoppers can customize and the menu will get more adventurous. Ultimately, Sally could dish out soups, grain bowls, parfaits and even full meals.
