Category: Future of Grocery
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Vegans would agree that cheese is one of the more difficult foods to put aside when entering the plant-based world. A decade ago, vegan cheese options were lacking, and even though the choices have skyrocketed, finding a smoked gouda cheddar. Mozzarella, or provolone’s taste closely approximates its dairy counterpart, has been challenging. Yes, some smaller…
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This is the online version of The Spoon Weekly newsletter. Subscribe here to get in your inbox. Electrolux Launches GRO, a Kitchen System Designed to Encourage More Sustainable Eating Can a kitchen’s design help us eat more sustainable, plant-forward diets? Swedish appliance manufacturer Electrolux thinks the answer is yes and, to that end, has launched an ambitious…
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As the name suggests, buttermilk was made from the cultured cream leftover from the butter-making process. Was, being the keyword. With little sacrifice in its taste, modern buttermilk is made through a fermentation process in which cultures are added to low-fat or whole-fat milk. The result is a versatile product that is not only a…
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Last fall, Instacart acquired smart checkout startup Caper AI as it looked to bulk up its technology solutions to offer retailers who want to enable contactless checkout. This week, the company has relaunched Caper’s system and announced one of its first locations for the system: Fenway Park. Instacart is making its Fenway debut thanks to…
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According to a new report by market researcher Brick Meets Click, total US online grocery sales were down 6% in March versus 2021, dropping to $8.7 billion versus March 2021’s record sales of $9.3 billion. Bricks to Click defines the online grocery market in three segments: Ship-to-Home, Pickup, and Delivery. Ship-to-Home, which includes grocery delivered…
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When B8ta launched in 2015, I loved the idea. What wasn’t there to like about a highly experiential, tech-powered retail concept where consumers could try out cool new gadgets and companies could get invaluable early feedback about their products? The same with Amazon Books, which opened the same year. I mean, sure, it almost seemed…
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Everywhere you look there are delivery lockers. Grocery stores, apartment buildings, office lobbies. So why not at our home? If you’re Jeremy High, the idea makes lots of sense. As a luxury home builder in the central California market of Monterey, High works closely with clients spec’ing out features customized around their lifestyles. A recurring…
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When it comes to training machine vision and AI-powered retail checkout systems, packaged goods and locally created food items are treated very differently. That’s at least according to Mashgin, a maker of touchless checkout systems. Company spokesperson Toby Awalt said that’s because another store on the network has likely already added that bag of chips…
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Whether it’s to carry groceries around the store or to deliver them to our front door, it won’t be too much longer before everyday shoppers see robots both in and around the grocery store. But one potential interesting new use-case for in-store robotics we haven’t heard much about is for detection of produce freshness. That…
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Today DoorDash announced it is entering the hyper-competitive ultra-quick grocery delivery market with the launch of a new DashMart location in New York City. According to the announcement sent to The Spoon, the new location will stock up to 2000 items and complete deliveries within 10-15 minutes of a customer’s order. The new initiative follows…
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Wonder Twin powers, activate: Form of a cashierless coffee shop. That’s right, today two Seattle-based giants, Starbucks and Amazon, announced they’ve combined their formidable superpowers to create a cashierless coffee shop. The new shop, called Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go, debuts today in New York City. The new Pickup store uses Amazon’s Just Walk Out…
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Chinese researchers invented a material that changes color to measure how fresh seafood is, inspired by (you guessed it) chameleons.
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