Could DS Smith’s “Greentote” Solve Grocery’s Plastic Bag Problem?
My online grocery shopping and curbside pickup with Walmart is pretty delightful except for one thing: all the plastic bags. I’m not sure if it’s corporate policy or what, but […]
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Dragontail Systems Partners with Valqari to Deploy Dropboxes for Drone Delivery
Restaurant tech company Dragontail Systems announced last Friday that it has partnered with Chicago-based drone logistics company Valqari to use that company’s automated drone delivery stations. Valqari’s makes the Drone […]
The Restaurant Trash Problem Is Actually a Major Opportunity
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Food Tech News: H&M’s Castor Bean Oil Fabric, Self-Heating Coffee Cans
Welcome to this week’s Food Tech News round-up! With March just around the corner, we’re nearly at the “anniversary” of U.S. business shutting down due to the pandemic. We’re not […]
Just Salad’s Reusable Bowls Are Going Off-Premises, Too
New York-based restaurant chain Just Salad plans to pilot its popular reusable bowl program for digital orders in the near future. The announcement comes as part of the fast-casual chain’s […]
Domino’s: ‘In 60 Years, We’ve Never Made a Dollar Delivering Pizza’
Pizza chain Domino’s announced its fourth-quarter 2020 earnings this week and simultaneously reiterated its stance on using third-party delivery services like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub. Short answer: It won’t. […]
Chris Young on MrBeast: “Everything Just Changed About Restaurants” (Podcast)
If you want to be a chef, the first thing Chris Young thinks you should do before parting ways with a king’s ransom in the form of time and money […]
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Beyond Meat Going More Mainstream with McDonald’s, Yum Brands Deals
Beyond Meat announced global distribution deals yesterday with McDonald’s and Yum Brands (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell) that will help push plant-based meat further into the mainstream. Beyond and McDonald’s […]
DoorDash Exceeded Revenue Estimates but More Than Doubled its Losses in Q4 2020
DoorDash exceeded analyst estimates with its 2020 fourth-quarter revenues. However, the third-party delivery service also more than doubled its losses during that time period, and DoorDash stock took a dip […]
JOI Provides Plant-Based Milk Without the Carton
If you’ve been to the alternative milk section of your grocery store recently, then you aware that there is an almost overwhelming number of options. The fact that alternative milk […]
Cecilia.ai Mixes Chatbot Capabilities with Its Robot Bartender
The robot bartenders we’ve covered so far at The Spoon are either just autonomous, articulating arms (Glacierfire), or high-volume vending machines (Rotender). Cecilia.ai, the latest entrant in the autonomous cocktail-making […]
Will Foodtech’s Funding Streak Continue in 2021? (Looks Like it!)
This is the web version of our weekly newsletter. Subscribe today to get all the best food tech news delivered directly to your inbox! Thirty-one billion dollars was invested in […]