Category: Delivery & Commerce
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Imagine you wanted to build a complete-from-scratch meal delivery company. Not just the delivery part like Doordash. I’m talking about building a company that is essentially an entire restaurant and food delivery industry in a box, one that works with big-name chefs to develop new restaurant concepts, builds centralized food production facilities, creates a network…
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If you’ve ever put meat or fish into a freezer, you’ve probably noticed it doesn’t look nearly as fresh once you thaw it out. That’s because the process of freezing food alters and damages its structure at a cellular level. As the temperature drops, water molecules slow down, and ice crystal embryos form ice nucleation…
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It’s another weekly food tech new wrap-up. The stories we discuss this week include: The food brand metaverse trademark landgrab A new NFT restaurant in San Francisco copies the Flyfish playbook The questionable business model for 15-minute grocery startups Roku invests in food content as it spins up shoppable TV capabilities on its platform The…
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Last week, Walmart and Roku announced a deal that would allow TV viewers watching streaming via a Roku device to purchase items – including food items – using their remote. According to the announcement, the new experience will allow customers to click on and purchase items advertised within the “moments of entertainment” (translation: during an…
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For about as long as I’ve been seriously watching the Internet industry, companies have been trying to make a business of home grocery delivery. It started back in the late nineties when companies like Webvan and Homegrocer raised massive amounts of capital after convincing investors that food shopping would be largely done online in the…
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If you live in select neighborhoods in LA this summer, you won’t have to wait for that familiar ice cream truck jingle before running outside to grab a cold treat. That’s because you can order one to come to your house by using the store-hailing app of Robomart via its partnership with Unilever. Last week,…
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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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Every week last year, it seemed a new story dropped about a tens millions of dollars funding round going to an ultra-quick store concept. These startups, often with funny names like Gorillas, JOKR, Buyk and GoPuff, utilize networks of dark stores nestled into residential or mix-used neighborhoods to ensure deliveries can get to consumers within…
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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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Food tech prediction week at The Spoon continues, and today we’re looking at the home. And if you haven’t already, make sure you check out my predictions on restaurant tech, food robots, and plant-based meat. Meet The Smart Food Delivery Locker For the last few years, companies like Walmart, Amazon, and others have been trying…
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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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At the beginning of every year, millions of people set intentions to better themselves, and many of their resolutions revolve around health and wellness. Of course, food plays a crucial part in health, so it’s no surprise that many resolutions end up being specific to food. This year, Nextbite, a virtual restaurant company, conducted a…
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