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Yemoja, an Israel-based startup making marine ingredients for B2B use, unveiled its new algae production platform today. The company uses something called “fast-track photobioreactor technology” to create specific algaes meant to be used as ingredients as a food supplement or in cosmetic products. Founded in 2017, Yemoja grows large amounts of microalgae tailored to fit…
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This is the web version of our newsletter. Sign up today to get updates on the rapidly changing nature of the food tech industry. Usually in these newsletters, I try to tie together a bunch of disparate threads into a unifying story that makes me sound soooper smart. What I don’t like to do is…
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Update: This post has been updated with a statement sent to the Spoon by Vanessa Bain. Grocery delivery startup Instacart today announced a number of new benefits for its Shoppers (the gig workers who actually go into the stores and deliver food). The new benefits come as Instacart shoppers were planning a nationwide strike this…
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Next time I go to that grocery store, my cashier will be scanning my groceries from behind a plexiglass shield, yet another measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to grocery workers on the front line of this pandemic. The enormity of the COVID-19 crisis makes me think that cashierless checkout would be really…
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When I was growing up in the ’70s, there were fewer victories greater than my mom agreeing to buy the variety pack of mini cereal boxes. Apple Jacks, Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, some healthy option I ignored, all shrink wrapped together for glorious consumption while watching Saturday morning cartoons. Being a modern, health-conscious parent, those…
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Even as the outbreak of coronavirus/COVID-19 continues to evolve and grow, we still don’t have a clear idea of exactly how much it will fundamentally change our entrenched, traditional behaviors. Are handshakes a thing of the past? Is working from home the new normal? Will we travel less for both work and fun? While we…
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Creator, the robot-powered hamburger restaurant in San Francisco, is expanding into dinner service. Starting March 9, Creator will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., the company posted on Instagram yesterday. Creator is kind of a bellwether for the food robot industry. It’s a concept built around the idea of having a robot take…
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The Spoon is headquartered just outside of Seattle, and with a rise in coronavirus cases here over the weekend, things are understandably a little… tense. This tension was on full display at my local Safeway last night, where the cleaning supply and dry goods sections of the store were picked over and barren. The rapidly…
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Walmart is working on a new membership offering to take on Amazon Prime. Recode was first to report on the forthcoming Walmart+, which will broaden Walmart’s grocery Delivery Unlimited service and include perks like discounts on gas and prescription medication, as well as a Scan & Go service so members wouldn’t have to wait in…
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When Firstchop first launched towards the end of 2017, it was at the center of a couple of different trends then sweeping the food tech world. It was a direct to consumer mail order meal kit, kinda, it only provided vacuum-sealed frozen proteins (that were actually quite tasty). Those proteins were meant to be reheated…
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Impossible Foods is putting the “heme” in “theme park.” The company announced today that Disney has selected the Impossible Burger as its “preferred plant-based burger,” and will be adding the vegetarian meat to its menus at Disneyland, Disney World and Disney Cruise Line. Being associated with one of the biggest brands on the planet is…
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On Friday, The Spoon’s very own Mike Wolf got the scoop that home brewing appliance maker, PicoBrew, was in receivership and being put up for sale. Read Mike’s full story for all the details, but the TL;DR version: PicoBrew was going after a lot of different markets including both home and professional beer brewing, cold…
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