Category: FoodTech 25
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Our previous Food Tech 25 lists (2018, 2019) were all about the disruptors. The food tech companies innovating and changing the meal journey. This year’s list is still about that, but needless to say 2020 has been one big, awful disruption itself thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Everything got turned upside down. The restaurant industry…
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There was quite a bit of buzz this week around Kroger. Much of it came from the supermarket giant’s Q1 2029 earnings call, which took place yesterday. While fiscal results were somewhat mixed, right off the bat, Kroger chairman and CEO W. Rodney McMullen highlighted growth of what he called “an omnichannel platform to serve…
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One of my favorite things about tech is that it starts a lot of debate. Even within our small team here at The Spoon, we’re constantly on different pages about what’s groundbreaking and what’s just hype, whether something’s progressive or just invasive, how to spell the phrase “food tech.”
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(Editor’s Note: The 2020 Food Tech 25 is out! You can see our latest list of the most innovative companies in food tech here). Almost exactly a year ago, we published our first Food Tech 25 list to highlight the companies we thought were making the biggest impact on the overall meal journey. That list…
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Corelle Brands announced Monday that it plans to merge with Instant Brands, the decade-old startup best known for turning the Instant Pot into a consumer favorite in the world of cookware. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, although the Wall Street Journal estimates it could be worth $2 billion. That’s not too surprising,…
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Analytical Flavor Systems (AFS), which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help companies predict and personalize flavor for new food products, announced today that it has raised $4 million in Series A funding led Leawood Venture Capital and Global Brain. VentureBeat was first to report the news. AFS had previously raised an undisclosed amount of seed…
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When Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams realized he was headed towards blindness caused by diabetes, he turned to a treatment you buy from a grocery store, not a pharmacy: his food. He switched from the typical “American” diet, heavy on the meat, to a plant-based one, and within the span of just a few weeks…
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At the Smart Kitchen Summit Europe a few weeks ago (miss you, Dublin!), disrupting the meal journey was a big theme. And one of the biggest things changing the way we eat is food delivery to our homes. I had a chance to discuss this shift with Dan Warne, Managing Director of Deliveroo in the…
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Here at The Spoon, we spend most days writing and thinking about those who are transforming what we eat. No matter whether a startup, big company, inventor, or a cook working on new approaches in the kitchen, we love learning the stories of people changing the future of food. So much so, in fact, that we…
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