An artificial intelligence-run smoothie shop has closed its doors after just two months in San Francisco’s moribund downtown market as businesses suffer amid a growing homelessness crisis.
BetterBlends co-founders Michael Parlato and Clayton Reynolds “bet” on San Francisco, taking a chance on the moribund downtown that has been abandoned by longtime flagship stores and corporate offices.
The co-founders said they received a “phenomenal” first response and that many customers were happy to see a new business come to town.
But late last month a sign was taped to the glass doors informing customers that the smoothie shop was “temporarily closed” and would reopen within the hour.
But no such return occurred and the store remained closed for more than a month, according to The Guardian.
Sources told the British media that the sign had been up for weeks and that on October 23 the store was empty with only a few trash cans and some plants left inside.
BetterBlends co-founders Michael Parlato and Clayton Reynolds are “betting” on San Francisco. BetterBlends The shop, which sold smoothies for $10, used artificial intelligence software to help customers choose their preferences before generating a smoothie recipe that the co-founders would prepare behind the bar.
The shop, which sold shakes for $10, used artificial intelligence software to help customers choose their preferences before generating a shake recipe that the co-founders would prepare behind the bar.
After the apparent closure, one user wrote a review on Google saying, “I had hopes for this business.”
The client also revealed that the owners “did not understand the discipline” it takes to run a business and would often change business hours and close on random days.
Christian Cecena, who works at the cafe next door, confirmed that the owners left and have not been seen since.
Although the owners never revealed the real reason behind their quiet exit, Market Street, where the store was located, and its surroundings have become almost desolate, without the homeless encampments. AP The Whole Foods store made a whopping 568 emergency calls in just over a year before closing its doors due to chaotic incidents that included homeless people throwing food and fighting inside the store. More than half of the city center’s commercial space has emptied in the last year. David G. McIntyre
“It’s just sad because we really need more businesses in this area,” he told The Guardian. “I hate to say this, but I heard the shakes weren’t that good.”
The Post attempted to contact Parlato and Reynolds for comment. Although the owners never revealed the real reason behind their quiet exit, Market Street, where the store was located, and its surrounding area have been overrun by homeless encampments.
A local Whole Foods store made a whopping 568 emergency calls in just over a year before closing its doors due to chaotic incidents that included homeless people throwing food and fighting inside the store.
The calls consisted of overdoses in the bathroom and a “male with a machete.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed sharply criticized homeless activists for trying to keep people on the streets by giving them tents. AP
Nordstrom’s flagship store, which is also located on Market Street, had to close due to fentanyl “zombies” roaming outside among drug dealers and thieves.
Other stores like Gap, H&M, Lululemon, DSW and more also had to close in what became an exodus as crime and homelessness increased.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed sharply criticized homeless activists for trying to keep people on the streets by giving them tents.
“These activists are the same people handing out tents to keep people on the streets instead of working to bring them inside, as we are trying to do,” Breed wrote on the online platform Medium.
“And they are the same people who instruct and encourage people to refuse to take shelter, to remain on the streets instead of entering their homes. “His agenda is clear.”
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