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Podcast: Talking the Future of Food With Seth Goldman
For most, founding one of the original better-for-you brands in Honest Tea and eventually selling it to Coca-Cola would be enough of a lifetime achievement. For Seth Goldman, he was […]
Report: Impossible Foods Planning to Go Public
Impossible Foods, best known for its plant-based meat analogues, is preparing for a public listing, according to sources that spoke for an exclusive report by Reuters. The public listing could […]
ReFed and Others Introduce a New Policy Action Plan to Fight Food Waste
Several organizations banded together this week to release the US Food Loss & Waste Policy Action Plan, which calls on the Biden administration and Congress to take more action when […]
PAR Acquires Guest Loyalty Platform Punchh for $500M
Restaurant tech provider PAR Technology Corporation announced today it has acquired guest engagement platform Punchh for $500 million in cash and shares. The deal adds loyalty and guest engagement software […]
AppHarvest Acquires Crop Harvesting Robot Startup Root AI for $60M
Controlled ag company AppHarvest announced today that it has acquired Root AI, a startup that makes AI-based robots for harvesting crops grown in indoor farms. According to the press announcement, […]
Mercato Raises $26M to Help Indie Grocers Sell Online
Mercato, an online platform that helps smaller groceries establish e-commerce stores, has raised a $26 million Series A round of funding. TechCrunch was first to report the news today, writing […]
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Rotimatic Maker Zimplistic Acquired by Light Ray Holdings
Zimplistic, the company behind the Rotimatic, has been acquired by Light Ray Holdings. The acquisition actually happened back in October 2020, but the company officially talked with The Spoon about […]
Solar Foods Receives €10M to Scale Production of its Protein Made Out of Air
Solar Foods, which literally makes protein out of air, announced today that it has received €10 million (~$11.98 million USD) in funding from the The Finnish Climate Fund. The subordinated […]
How Restaurants Can Get Involved With the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act 2021
Recently, federal lawmakers introduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act 2021(BFFPPA 2021), which proposes sweeping changes in the U.S. in order to curb our reliance on plastics and in […]
Starbucks Trialing a ‘Borrow a Cup’ Program in Seattle
Starbucks announced this week that it is currently trialing a reusable cup program at five Seattle, Washington stores for a period of two months. Dubbed the “Borrow a Cup” program, […]
Cell Ag Startup Mission Barns Raises $24M for its Cultivated Fat
Mission Barns, a cellular agriculture startup creating cultured fat, announced today that it has raised a $24 million Series A round of funding. Investors in the round include Lever VC, […]