Panasonic and PopID Aim to Make Paying With Your Face the Norm at Restaurants
Using facial recognition to order and pay for food has long been an intriguing concept for restaurants, albeit one that comes with a bit of a creep factor. But now […]
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FoodTech Intelligence Brief: Evaluating Permanency of COVID Related Behavior Change
And now, with most countries trying to reboot their economies, food-related companies have the challenge of determining which behavioral changes were temporary and permanent. Many of the temporary surge behaviors […]
Dining With Mannequins: Max Elder on How to Think Like a Futurist About Our Food System
“Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous.” So said Max Elder, Research Director at Food Futures Lab for the Institute for the Future. Elder joined The […]
DoorDash Close to Securing More Funding, $15B Valuation
DoorDash is close to securing a new round of funding that would value the company at over $15 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited sources close to […]
MycoTechnology Raises $39M Series D for its Mushroom Fermentation Platform
MycoTechnology, which transforms mycelia into functional ingredients like alternate protein, announced this week that it has raised a $39 million Series D round of funding. Food Navigator first reported the […]
We Asked Whether You Were Ready to Eat in Restaurants, and Boy Did You Answer
In our Spoon newsletter earlier this week, I relayed that despite restaurant dining rooms re-opening, I’m not ready to eat inside one yet. Knowing that I’m probably more anxious than […]
BonBowl Looks Like a Pretty Great Personal Induction Cooker
It’s been a long time since I was single and living alone, but I remember a particular hassle from that time was cooking for myself. Aside from not being a […]
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Instacart Raises $225M Amid Surge in Grocery E-Commerce
Grocery delivery service Instacart announced today that it has raised a $225 million as part of a new funding round. DST Global and General Catalyst led the round with participation […]
Fifth Season Launches a Direct-to-Consumer Program for Vertically Grown Greens
Vertical farming company Fifth Season, which just opened its first commercial-scale farm outside Pittsburgh, PA, announced today the launch of its direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform and a new partnership to assist […]
CKBK, the Spotify of Recipes, Launches Guided Cooking with NEFF Partnership
Recipe subscription service ckbk announced this week that its guided cooking features are now integrated with the NEFF Home Connect platform, allowing users to control the NEFF N 90 oven […]
Innohome Strikes Deal With Electrolux To Bring Kitchen Fire Prevention Tech to US
Finnish startup Innohome, a maker of fire prevention technology for kitchens, has announced a supplier agreement with Electrolux to bring the company’s products to North America. As I’ve written before, […]
I’m Not Ready to Eat at Restaurants Yet, Are You?
And now, a tale of two takeouts. For the first time in months, I left the house to actually set foot in a restaurant over the weekend. Both trips were […]