{"id":1159,"date":"2014-11-13T22:59:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T03:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2014-11-13T22:59:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T03:59:41","slug":"potato-sharing-service-tuber-launches-in-chattanooga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/2014\/11\/13\/potato-sharing-service-tuber-launches-in-chattanooga\/","title":{"rendered":"Potato-sharing service &#8220;Tuber&#8221; launches in Chattanooga"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1158\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Tuber.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1158\" src=\"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Tuber-168x300.png\" alt=\"Tuber potato-sharing smartphone app\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Tuber-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Tuber.png 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tuber potato-sharing smartphone app<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rapidly growing potato-sharing service &#8220;Tuber,&#8221; founded in San Francisco and currently available in dozens of cities around the world, launched today in Chattanooga, promising residents on-demand potato delivery through the use of a special smartphone app.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We already have gigabit Internet service, so it was just a matter of time before we caught up with the world regarding on-demand potato sharing,&#8221; said local resident Jan Kermann. &#8220;I love the idea of being able to have a hot, buttery baked potato delivered to me at any time of the day, for a reasonable price, just by using my smartphone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One controversial aspect of Tuber&#8217;s business model is &#8220;Spud Surge&#8221; pricing, which can dramatically increase the price of potato delivery during rare times of high demand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tuber will offer lightning fast service and quality potato sharing from local folks just like you,&#8221; said Tuber spokesperson Toby DiMuzio at a press conference Thursday afternoon. &#8220;This is one game of hot potato you&#8217;ll want to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rapidly growing potato-sharing service &#8220;Tuber,&#8221; founded in San Francisco and currently available in dozens of cities around the world, launched today in Chattanooga, promising residents on-demand potato delivery through the use of a special smartphone app. &#8220;We already have gigabit Internet service, so it was just a matter of time before we caught up with the world regarding on-demand potato sharing,&#8221; said local resident Jan Kermann. &#8220;I love the idea of being able to have a hot, buttery baked potato delivered to me at any time of the day, for a reasonable price, just by using my smartphone.&#8221; One<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}