Deep Dive: The Honestbee story (so far)

Published: March 15, 2020, 8 p.m.

Singapore-based grocery delivery startup Honestbee was a well-loved brand. Its brick-and-mortar grocery store, Habitat, was touted to have the world\u2019s first\xa0checkout system that required minimal intervention from shoppers, as well as the first grocery collection system that was entirely reliant on robots.

But news of Honestbee suspending operations in a number of its key markets uncovered a series of questionable corporate governance practices and a bad leadership culture.

What went wrong? Tech in Asia\u2019s chief correspondent, Terence Lee, shares the story behind the company\u2019s troubles.

More information on this week's episode here: https://www.techinasia.com/deep-dive-honestbee-story

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