Sweetgreen: We’re Going Full Robot
Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman told investors this week at William Blair’s Growth Stock conference that the company plans to have its Infinite Kitchen robotic makeline installed at all new locations […]
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World’s Biggest Meat Packer JBS Building Cultivated Meat Plant Capable of 1,000 Metric Tons
Lab-grown meat is all grown up. This week Brazilian meat processing conglomerate JBS announced they had broken ground in Spain on its first commercial-scale cultivated meat production facility. According to […]
Robot Restaurant Concepts Have Struggled. Will Kernel Buck The Trend?
Last month, the NY Post revealed that Chipotle founder Steve Ells is plotting a comeback with an automation-heavy restaurant concept called Kernel. According to the Post, who viewed the startup’s […]
A Food Tech Case Study: Four Lessons From the Demise of Zume
Late last week, news broke that Zume, the company famous mostly for raising a whole bunch of money for its pizza robot & cook-on-the-road food trucks concept, had shut down. […]
The ChefDoodler Could Finally Make Sugar-Based 3D Food Crafting Approachable
One of the first products to make 3D printing approachable was the 3Doodler. Unlike conventional 3D printers that required knowledge of digital design software and the operation of what were […]
Kittch Partners With Qualcomm for Augmented Reality-Powered Cooking
Why wear beer goggles when you can wear bing goggles? Well, now you can, at least if you’re using Kittch’s new AR cooking mode to make chef Ming Tsai’s MingBings. […]
Eating Disorder Org’s AI Blunder is a Cautionary Tale About Embracing Tech for Fundamentally Human Roles
One of the ongoing debates in tech circles and beyond is how fast AI will replace humans in certain lines of work. One role where we’ve already seen organizations embrace […]
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Serve Robotics Strikes Deal With Uber to Scale Up to Two Thousand Sidewalk Delivery Robots
Uber Technologies Inc. is gearing up for a robotic future, bolstering its partnership with Serve Robotics Inc., a maker of sidewalk delivery robots. Following a successful trial in Los Angeles, […]
Smart Composters Are Heading to Retail, But Will Consumers Bite?
Earlier this month, Costco shoppers in select cities across California and Washington State may have stumbled upon a product demo for an item called Lomi. This white countertop appliance, roughly […]
The Weekly Spoon: Sugar Alternatives Are the New Sweetness for Food Tech
Here in America, we like the sweet stuff. Whether it’s sodas, candies, or ice cream, we consume more added sugar than any other country. Not surprisingly, all this sugar consumption can […]
Oobli May Have a Hit on Its Hands With Sweet Teas That Get Sweetness From Protein
This week, Oobli launched its lineup of sweet teas sweetened with sweet protein. The company, formerly Joywell Foods, showed the products off on-stage this week at the SynBioBeta conference (in […]
Incredo Sugar: Redefining Sweetness, Delighting Taste Buds, and Nurturing Health
The intake of excess sugar in our diets is an epidemic that has no season or one that lies stealthily in refrigerators or airplane tray tables. Healthy Food America notes […]