Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
Restaurant-tech heavyweight Toast announced today it has closed a $400 million Series F funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, TPG, Greenoaks Capital, and Tiger Global Management. The round brings […]
It’s February 14, which means there’s a good chance you’ll give or receive chocolate at some point today. The chances that that chocolate will be 3D printed? Slim to nil. […]
Ahold Delhaize USA announced this week that it is shutting down the Midwest division of its Peapod online grocery business. Starting Feb 18, customers in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana will […]
Happy Valentine’s Day, food techies. If you haven’t run away to Las Vegas yet to get hitched at a Denny’s, there’s still time. But speaking of Denny’s, the chain announced […]
The Spoon’s editor podcast is back and this week Jenn, Chris, Catherine and myself discuss the following stories: PicoBrew’s move into receivership and what it could mean for the high-tech […]
This is the web version of our weekly Future Food newsletter. Subscribe to get the most important news about alternate and plant-based foods directly in your inbox! Valentine’s Day is coming up, […]
EAT app, a Dubai-based online restaurant reservation platform used throughout the Middle East, has raised a $5 million Series B round of funding led by 500 Startups and Derayah VC. […]
Merryfield, a soon-to-launch app that rewards shoppers with gift cards for buying clean label products, announced this week that it has raised $3.5 million in a seed round. Merryfield, which […]
You might think a grocery store built by Amazon, which has a history of radically re-thinking existing business processes, would be radically different (instead of shelves, just rows of Star […]
Incogmeato, Kellogg’s intriguingly-named line of meat alternatives, is branching out. The brand revealed the new Morningstar Farms line back in September with plant-based burger and chicken, which will launch in […]
A bill introduced this week in California would require third-party food delivery platforms to share customer information with restaurants, according to The Sacramento Bee. Assembly Bill 2149, also known as […]
Ever wonder how a company as huge as Kroger can possibly tap into a trend as focused on the individual as personalization? The short answer: lots and lots of data. […]
