After job cuts at Travis Kalanick’s food tech startup, an exec discusses challenges and rallies staff with bullish comments on Future Foods

After job cuts this week at food tech startup City Storage Systems, an executive discussed challenges and rallied staff with bullish comments about a relatively under-the-radar part of the sprawling business.

CSS is the latest company run by Travis Kalanick. It’s a multifaceted effort to reinvent food production, just as he upended the taxi industry by founding Uber. The CloudKitchens unit provides ghost kitchen facilities, while the Otter division sells restaurant software.