Tyner Pond is also an umbrella for similar farms. Cows, hogs and chickens roam huge fields of natural growth. In 2010, Baggott began developing the sustainable, free-range Tyner Pond Farm in Greenfield. Instead of retiring, Baggott drew inspiration from Michael Pollan’s best-seller “The Omnivore's Dilemma.” The book explores America’s food choices and their consequences. That same year, Oracle purchased the business blogging software program Compendium, co-founded by Baggott, for an undisclosed amount. “And there’s no reason why we can’t be building these in Broad Ripple and Fishers and Carmel.”Įach location will serve a menu mix of Clustertruck specialties and local brand favorites.īaggott is one of the co-founders of ExactTarget, an on-demand email, mobile and social media marketing program that was sold in 2013 to Salesforce for $2.5 billion.
All of these cities are experiencing the same things we are: strong millennials, rapidly urbanizing,” Baggott said. “We really have a vision of rolling these through all the similar cities to Indianapolis … Nashville, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma City. Cunningham also runs restaurants in Louisville and Lexington, Ky. The Cincinnati native’s Cunningham Restaurant Group operates two brands in Cincy: Bru and Moerlein Lager House, where Clustertruck will operate. Baggott expects some tweaking along the way, but he has enough confidence in Clustertruck that a second location is proceeding in Cincinnati and other core downtowns are under consideration.Ĭlustertruck’s head of food operations is Mike Cunningham, the guy behind Bru, Mesh and Union 50 on Mass Ave. Ideally, the delivery person will be handed an order without entering the Clustertruck kitchen.īeta testing began in mid-March.
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And at 30 seconds, we’ll scoop the soup, so that everything will come together as the driver is arriving,” Baggott said.
Then at three minutes, we’ll cook the three-minute item. “Then at four minutes, we’ll cook the four-minute item. If the delivery person is 12 minutes away, and your hamburger takes seven minutes to prepare, the chef won’t start cooking that hamburger until the driver is seven minutes from hitting Clustertruck’s pickup station. Touch-screen computers at each cooking station tell chefs what’s been ordered and how long until a delivery person appears for pickup. Clustertruck employs its own delivery team.īack at Clustertruck headquarters, cooks start monitoring timers as soon as an order lands.
Customers know the exact minute their food will arrive. via the Clustertruck website that tracks the delivery person arriving by car, bike, scooter or foot. Food orders and deliveries will be available from 10 a.m. But the reality is if you can get me french fries within four to five minutes, they’re going to be good,” Baggott said.Ĭlustertruck works sort of like Uber, only delivery is free, no tipping required. “It’s hard to keep a french fry fresh past about six minutes.
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Baggott thinks Clustertruck software, plus custom food packaging and a tight delivery area - about a mile from Clustertruck’s kitchen at 729 N. Pennsylvania St. - will mean even french fries arrive hot and crispy. Supplying fresh food quickly is the devil in food delivery. Expect Scratch truck, Bru Burger Bar and Goose the Market burgers and sandwiches.Īll prices will be competitive with those at restaurants and food trucks. Those are Clustertruck specialties, but the company also taps a rotating roster of recipes and training from well-known Indy brands.
Think kimchi, short ribs and Thai basil tucked inside tacos or shrimp, andouille sausage and Gouda cheese on a Cajun pizza. The name cues a menu of fusion, American and international dishes that evoke the diversity available at food truck rallies.
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Indiana software mastermind Chris Baggott is behind Clustertruck, which launched March 29. A new Downtown Indy kitchen delivers tacos, burgers, even pho via a high-tech system you could call the “uberization” of food. Forget going to a restaurant or tracking down a food truck.
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