Will Smart Carts Accelerate Automated Checkout?
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UK Researchers Kickstart a New Project to Study and Fight At-Home Food Waste Behaviors
The United Kingdom has set up a national research project to study the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on food waste and develop methods for helping consumers better manage that food […]
Spanish Government Funds BioTech Foods’ Cultured Meat Project
The Spanish government granted BioTech Foods €5.2 million ($6.3 million USD) this week for the company’s cultured meat project. The project will investigate the health benefits of cultured meat, and […]
MIT Research Opens Up Potential of Lab-Grown Plants
By now Spoon readers are most likely familiar with the idea of lab-grown meat. After all, there are a number of companies around the world tackling the issue. But lab-grown […]
Controlled Ag Company AppHarvest’s First-Ever Crop Arrives at Grocery Stores This Week
Controlled environment farming company AppHarvest announced this week it has completed the first-ever harvest of its Morehead, Kentucky-based flagship indoor farm. The Beefsteak tomatoes harvested from the 60-acre farm will […]
Kroger Using Smart Shopping Carts Powered by Caper
With the news last week that grocery giant, Kroger is using Caper’s technology, smart shopping carts are now officially a thing to watch out for. Winsight Grocery Business broke the […]
Glovo Lands Real Estate Deal to Expand Its Ghost Convenience Stores
Barcelona, Spain-based food delivery service Glovo has inked a deal with Switzerland-based real estate firm Stoneweg. The latter will invest €100 million (~$121 million USD) to help Glovo expand its […]
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Dragontail Systems and Pizza Hut Deploy Pizza Delivery Drones in Israel
Restaurant tech company Dragontail Systems announced today that it has joined up with Pizza Hut for pizza delivery by drone in Israel. To make this type of airborne delivery happen, […]
BlueNalu Secures $60M for Production of Cell-Based Seafood
San Diego-based BlueNalu, a startup building technology to make cell-based seafood, announced today that it has raised $60 million in convertible note financing from new and existing investors. Rage Capital […]
Deliveroo Raises $180M, Nabs $7B Valuation
Deliveroo announced this week it has raised over $180 million in Series H funding from existing investors. The round was led by Durable Capital Partners LP and Fidelity Management and […]
Podcast: Talking Plant-Based Cheese With Grounded Foods’ Veronica Fil
While the plant-based meat and milk space has seen incredible momentum the last couple of years, cheese has been another story. It’s not that anyone hasn’t tried. Companies like Treeline […]
Here are the Kitchen Robots We Saw at CES & Food Tech Live 2021
One thing I miss most about heading to Vegas every January for CES is walking the basement of the Sands convention center. There, in the startup area known as Eureka […]