The Spoon Plus Guide to Ghost Kitchens
When 2020 began, the ghost kitchen topic poised to be one of the “it” trends to watch over the coming 12 months. Venture capital was pouring into the space, virtual […]
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Amazon Q2: Online Grocery Sales Tripled Year-Over-Year
Amazon announced its Q2 earnings yesterday, and unsurprisingly, the company’s grocery business went gangbusters during that time. Amazon said that its online grocery sales tripled in Q2 compared with the […]
Phood Fights Food Waste with Scales, Computer Vision and AI
With the pandemic still raging, restaurants are struggling to stay in business. One way restaurants can help stave off permanent closure is to make sure whatever money they have now […]
Postmates Now Delivering Dodger Stadium Food to LA Doors
Dodger fans now can change up “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” with some new lyrics: Take a walk down my hallwayTake a seat on the couchPostmates and Dodgers […]
Denny’s Off-Premises Sales Have Almost Doubled Thanks to the Pandemic
Denny’s announced on its Q2 earnings call this week that average weekly sales for off-premises orders have almost doubled since the start of the pandemic, from $4,000/week in February to […]
This Startup Is Making A Food Container That Detects How Much Time is Left Before Your Food Spoils
What if food labels could tell you in real time if your food has gone bad? That’s the vision of a UK-based startup that has developed a set of smart […]
Impossible Burger Now Available at Walmart
Impossible Foods announced today that its plant-based Impossible Burger is now available at nearly 2,100 Walmart stores across the U.S. Whomever is in charge of retail operations/relations at Impossible has […]
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New Age Meats Raises Another $2M for Cell-Based Pork
Cultivated meat startup New Age Meats (NAM) announced today it has raised a $2 million seed extension round led by TechU Ventures. The round follows the NAM’s $2.7 million seed […]
As Cell-Based Protein Becomes a Reality, What to Call it Gets Increasingly Important
Last week we briefly covered news about a Rutgers study that found “cell-based” the best descriptor for lab-grown seafood products. Further thought and reading on the matter leads me to […]
We Go On an Alt-Snack Food Flight, Plus Robots and a Neat Bento Box
Summer is finally here in the Pacific Northwest. I’m writing this on what is supposed to be the hottest day of the year in these parts and it is awesome. […]
New Fees are Just One Issue for Mellow as the Sous-Vide Maker Tries to Stay Afloat
It began with a comment over the weekend, when a Spoon reader told us that Mellow, the connected sous-vide appliance company, had started charging a monthly subscription. Companies charging a […]
Pandemic Helps Push Blue Apron into Profitable Q2
Meal kit company Blue Apron announced profitable second quarter 2020 earnings today, driven in large part by the global pandemic. Blue Apron’s net revenue for Q2 was $131 million, up […]
FAIRR: Investment in Alternative Protein Has Already Reached $1.1B in 2020
Investment in alternative protein for the first half of 2020 is almost double what it was for the whole of 2019, according to a new report by investor network FAIRR. […]
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