Freight Farms lays off staff, shifts focus to college campuses
Brad McNamara, Freight Farms’ CEO and co-founder, confirmed the layoffs to BostInno Thursday. Axios’ Pro Rata newsletter first reported on the layoffs earlier this week, but McNamara said there were some inaccuracies in the initial report. He said there were no executive departures, as Axios had reported, and that the only recent departure was Austin Coffin, a sales manager who left to pursue a larger role at another startup.
The layoffs, which amounted to roughly 18 percent of the company’s 38-person staff, were the result of the company’s decision to shift its focus from some research and development efforts that weren’t panning out to its growing segment of college campus customers, an area that started seeing more traction by the end of last year. College campuses are using Freight Farms’ containers to supply their dining operations.
Read more at BostInno (Dylan Martin)