One of the world's biggest food producers is taking its first bite at driverless deliveries.
Gatik has seen its business balloon over the past few years serving leading retail and food chains such as Walmart, Kroger and Loblaw along with other companies that include Pitney Bowes, Georgia-Pacific and KBX.
“The shortage for drivers is in the class, the CDL category. The latest number, I believe is over 80,000 open driving rolls and it's expected to grow to like 160 1000 by the end of the decade,” said Narang in an interview. “So, wherever possible our customers are moving away from CDL license holders and that's where we can come in and elevate some of that pressure and we look for opportunities where we can replace and disrupt class eight trucking routes.
It's not like Gatik had no competition for the lucrative Tyson deal. Simmons revealed Gatik was among five companies it looked at but landed on the Mountain View, Calif.-based tech company in part because Simmons was familiar with its track record at Walmart, but also because of its safety record.
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