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Is IFT’s Launch of an AI Tool For Food Scientists an Indicator of Where Trade Associations Are Going in Age of AI?
July 3, 2025 Michael Wolf

July 1, 2025

From Red Bull to Zevia, Amy Taylor Shares Lessons Learned From a Career Built Around Buzzy Beverages

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A Conversation With Bear Robotics’ John Ha on LG Deal and The Future of The Company

Rise of the Beer Robots!

July 2, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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This is the web version of our Weekly Spoon newsletter. Subscribe today to get all the best food tech news delivered direct to your inbox! Beer is the pizza of […]

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Miso and Lancer Worldwide Aim to Automate Beverage Dispensing for QSRs

July 1, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Miso Robotics is making moves to expand its restaurant automation beyond fryers and grills into QSR beverage stations. Last week Miso announced a partnership with Lancer Worldwide, a global manufacturer […]

Vegano Launches an All-Vegan E-Commerce Grocery Marketplace in Canada

July 1, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Vancouver, Canada-based startup Vegano launched an online vegan marketplace today that will function as an e-commerce grocery-delivery storefront for plant-based food items. For now, the service operates in the Metro […]

Czech Online Grocer Rohlik Raises $119M, Its Second Nine-Digit Round This Year

July 1, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Czech online grocery startup Rohlik announced today that it has raised a €100 million (~$119M USD) Series C round of funding. TechCrunch was first to report the news, writing that […]

AiFi and Trigo CEOs Weigh in on When Cashierless Checkout Will Go Mainstream

July 1, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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The cashierless checkout space has been on fire this year. Whether its new companies coming out of stealth, raising money or announcing partnerships, there has been no shortage of news […]

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Farm.One Launches a New Vertical Farming Facility in Brooklyn

June 30, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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NYC-based indoor ag company Farm.One cut the ribbon on its new urban vertical farm recently, this one located in Brooklyn, New York. According to the Brooklyn Reader, the 10,000-square-foot facility […]

Hey, New Yorkers! You Have a Bunch of Dark Delivery Grocery Stores. Are You Using Them?

June 30, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Bloomberg ran a story over the weekend about Russian grocery delivery service, Samokat, expanding into New York City this August. The U.S. operations will go by the name Buyk and […]

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Could the Budding Home Chef Biz Give Alternative Meats a Boost?

June 30, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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This is the web version of our weekly Future Food newsletter. Subscribe today to get all the best news about plant-based, cultured and fermented food in your inbox every week. […]

Report: Eat Just Aiming for $3B IPO in 2021

June 30, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Eat Just is reportedly targeting Q4 2021 or early 2022 for its IPO, which currently has a valuation of $3 billion, according to an Eat Just investor. Forbes was first […]

Wageningen University Launches the Third Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge

June 30, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Netherlands-based Wageningen University is holding the third edition of its Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge, where international teams compete to grow crops in greenhouses using AI and automation.  A first and second […]

Hop Robotics’ Beer Robot is Ready for Events This Summer

June 29, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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The U.S., it seems, has lagged behind Europe when it comes to automated beer pouring action. There’s EBar in the UK, Revolmatic out of Poland, and Macco Robotics in Spain. […]

Heineken B.O.T. Follows You Around With Ice Cold Beer in Tow

June 29, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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I live in the Pacific Northwest which, as you may have heard, is experiencing a record-breaking heatwave. It is hot, especially for a region that lives under cloud cover for […]

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