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After Leaving Starbucks, Mesh Gelman Swore Off The Coffee Biz. Now He Wants To Reinvent Cold Brew Coffee
June 5, 2025 Michael Wolf

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Brian Canlis on Leaving an Iconic Restaurant Behind to Start Over in Nashville With Will Guidara

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A Mid-Year Assessment for Alternative Protein

May 13, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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More companies, more investments, and many more scientific breakthroughs. Those are just a few predictions for the future of alternative protein the Good Food Institute (GFI) sets out in its […]

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C3 Launches Brick-and-Mortar Food Halls for Its Virtual Restaurants

May 13, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Over the last year we’ve seen scores of brick-and-mortar eating establishments turn their restaurants into delivery-only concepts. C3, a hospitality company that runs a portfolio of virtual restaurant brands, has […]

Motif Adds New Tech to Bring That Elusive Stretch to Plant-Based Cheese

May 13, 2021 Michael Wolf

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Motif Foodworks, the food technology spinout of synthetic biology unicorn Gingko Bioworks, announced today that it has added a couple more tools to its plant-based food technology toolbox that will […]

Target Launches Good & Gather Plant Based Brand

May 13, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Retail giant Target announced this week the launch of Good & Gather Plant Based, a new line of more than 30 plant-based food and beverage products. The move is a […]

Chartwells Higher Education Brings Plant-Based Food to Colleges Nationwide

May 13, 2021 Ashlen Wilder

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The last time I ate at a college dining hall, the vegan pickings were slim. I meandered around until I was able to scrounge together a few sides of brown […]

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SavorEat Creates Plant-Based Egg Venture Called Egg’n’up

May 12, 2021 Ashlen Wilder

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SavorEat, an Israeli-based 3D- printed meat company, announced this week that it has launched a new start-up venture called Egg’n’up (hat tip: Green Queen). The plant-based egg brand will be […]

Nowadays Raises $2M and Launches First Product, a Plant-Based Chicken Nugget

May 12, 2021 Michael Wolf

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Max Elder had a pretty good day job. As a former futurist for the appropriately named Institute for the Future, he got paid to look into a crystal ball. Then […]

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Grubhub Debuts ‘Commission-Free’ Platform Aimed at Independent Restaurants

May 12, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Grubhub on Wednesday launched Grubhub Direct, a platform independent restaurants can use to build their own online storefronts and process orders free of commission. According to a press release from […]

MeaTech 3D Will Produce Cultivated Fat, Whole Steaks at Its Forthcoming Pilot Facility

May 12, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Israeli bioprinting startup MeaTech 3D this week became the latest cultivated meat company to announce a pilot production facility, which the company intends to have operational in 2022. The plant’s […]

Memphis Meats Re-Brands as UPSIDE Foods, Announces Cultured Chicken as its First Product

May 12, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Memphis Meats, one of the older cell-based protein startups, announced today that it has rebranded and is now UPSIDE Foods. Perhaps more important, the company also announced that its first […]

All Day Kitchens Raises $20M, Launches in Chicago

May 12, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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San Francisco Bay Area-based All Day Kitchens (formerly Virtual Kitchen Co.) announced today it has raised a $20 million Series B round, bringing the company’s total funding to $37.5 million. […]

Future Meat Once Again Slashes Production Price of Cultured Chicken

May 11, 2021 Ashlen Wilder

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This week, Future Meat Technologies announced that it was able to reduce the production price of 110 grams of its cultured chicken breast to $4 (h/t Plant Based News). This […]

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