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Nearly Seven Years After Launching Kickstarter, Silo Finally Delivers Next-Gen Home Food Storage System
June 16, 2025 Michael Wolf

June 13, 2025

What Flavor Unlocks

June 12, 2025

Starbucks Unveils Green Dot Assist, a Generative AI Virtual Assistant for Coffee Shop Employees

June 11, 2025

Impulse Announces Its Battery-Integrated Cooktop Becomes First Certified to Applicable UL Safety Standards

February 1, 2025

A Conversation With Bear Robotics’ John Ha on LG Deal and The Future of The Company

On Eve of IPO, Instacart Bolsters Grocery Tech Platform, Including New Features For Caper Smart Shopping Cart

September 7, 2023 Michael Wolf

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Today, Instacart rolled out a slew of new updates to its grocery technology platform, updating capabilities across its white label turnkey digital commerce platform, its AI-powered search capabilities, and new […]

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Silicon Valley is Betting Big on Home Electrification. Will It Pay Off In The Kitchen?

September 6, 2023 Michael Wolf

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This week, news of a new home electrification startup hit the wires. Founded by former Google Ventures partner Rick Klau, Onsemble builds technology to convert electric water heaters into what […]

CoffeeB Hits 200k Households For Coffee Ball Brewing System That Aims to Replace Capsules

September 5, 2023 Michael Wolf

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Not bad for a first year. After launching their compostable ball-shaped coffee pod brewing system last fall, CoffeeB has already reached a milestone of two hundred thousand customers who are […]

Sodexo to Deploy SavorEat’s Plant-Based Burger Printing Robot at the University of Denver

September 5, 2023 Michael Wolf

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This week, food service giant Sodexo and plant-based 3D printing specialist SavorEat announced they will be rolling out SavorEat’s 3D printing robot at the University of Denver. The deployment of […]

Food Tech News: Samsung Heads Into the Kitchen, Robot Meets Artisan Pizza

September 1, 2023 Michael Wolf

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The Spoon is back for another week of food tech news, and this week Michael Wolf and Allen Weiner talk about what’s going on in the smart kitchen, alt protein, […]

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With the Launch of Samsung Food, Samsung Hypes AI & Consolidates Food Features Acquired Over the Years

August 31, 2023 Michael Wolf

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Over the years, Samsung has acquired and launched several products in an effort to become the king of the tech-powered kitchen. First, there was the launch of the Family Hub […]

Is IdeaLab’s Bill Gross Building a Food Prep and Delivery Robot?

August 30, 2023 Michael Wolf

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Every now and then, an interesting patent appears in patent searches that make you wonder exactly what someone’s up to. Now, don’t get me wrong. Patents are issued all the […]

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GFI: U.S. Plant-Based Meat Sales in Food Service Hit All-Time High in ’22, Retail Sales Remain Flat

August 30, 2023 Michael Wolf

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According to a new report from the Good Food Institute (GFI) examining plant-based meat sales in the U.S. food service sector, sales of meat derived from plants sold to restaurants […]

CRISPR Specialist Pairwise Renews Partnership With Bayer to Focus on Gene-Edited Corn

August 30, 2023 Michael Wolf

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Today, Pairwise announced a new five-year partnership with ag giant Bayer after touting milestones resulting from the two companies’ initial collaboration. According to the gene-editing specialist, the initial partnership – […]

Delivery Giants DoorDash and Uber Eats Join The Rush to Integrate AI Into Ordering Platforms

August 29, 2023 Michael Wolf

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Over the last six months, we’ve watched as seemingly every quick-service restaurant chain jumped on the AI freight train, integrating new generative AI technology into apps, chatbots, and voice ordering […]

Podcast: The Anti-Tech Grocery Store & Food Tech News of the Week

August 25, 2023 Michael Wolf

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The Spoon Podcast is back after a summer hiatus with a food tech news wrap-up discussing some of the most interesting stories of the week! In this episode, Spoon contributor […]

Food Robots Everywhere: Starship Hits Fifty Schools While Yo-Kai Aims for All Fifty States

August 24, 2023 Michael Wolf

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Just in the last day, two food robot startups have shared some deployment data that make clear they – and the broader space – appear to be getting some traction. […]

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