Hold the Phone. Soon it Will Be Your Restaurant’s Menu
This is the web version of our newsletter. Sign up today to get updates on the rapidly changing nature of the food tech industry. A couple of years ago I came across […]
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Spark Grill Wants to Improve Charcoal Grilling. Will Grillers Go For Its Proprietary Charcoal System?
Memorial Day often marks the start of grilling season, and, like most Americans, I’m ready to fire up the barbie after being stuck inside for most of the past two […]
Food Tech News: Nestlé Opens Plant-based Meat Factory in China, Home Chef Data Breach
It’s certainly an odd Memorial Day weekend, what with most of us unable to travel or gather on beaches or rooftops or invite our friends over to grill. But hopefully […]
First Beer, Now Meat: How Yeast Can Help Us “Reinvent Our Food Structures”
Yeast is a hot topic of conversation these days: where to find it, what you’re baking with it, and how to create your own at home. Sudeep Agarwala, a yeast […]
Starbucks Speeds Up Its Plans to Make Stores More To-Go Centric
As if it weren’t to-go-friendly enough, coffee behemoth Starbucks announced this week it is speeding up the reformatting of many of its stores to cater to more off-premises orders. Yes, […]
PathSpot Raises $6.5M Series A to Shine a Light on Unwashed Hands
PathSpot, which makes a scanner so restaurants can ensure their employees have properly washed their hands, announced yesterday that it has raised a $6.5 million Series A round of funding. […]
How Will the Black Swan of COVID-19 Impact Data Used in AI-Based Flavor Prediction?
In order to build an effective artificial intelligence (AI) platform, you need good data. Data feeds the algorithms that go into the AI; the better your data the better your […]
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Johnny Grey Gives Us a Walk-Through of ‘The Evening Kitchen’ (Spoon Plus)
And I have to say, that’s how I felt the other day hearing Johnny Grey describe how he thinks about design. We got together over Zoom and he walked me […]
Melissa Snover of Nourished on How 3D Printing is the Key to Personalized Food (Spoon Plus)
Since Nourished lies at the intersection of two burgeoning food tech trends — personalization and 3D printing — I reached out to Snover to learn more about Nourished. In our […]
If The End of Meat is Here, What’s Next?
The New York Times ran an Opinion piece this morning entitled ‘The End of Meat is Here” that soon had that phrase trending on Twitter. The piece was written by […]
CardFree’s Streamlined Platform Hints at the Restaurant Tech Stack of the Future
We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: in today’s pandemic-stricken restaurant industry, restaurant tech companies have to fight hard to stay relevant, and only those solutions that can help […]
With Moscow Store-Within-a-Store, Zippin Shows New Solution for Grocers to Go Cashierless
Zippin announced today that it has opened its first cashierless store-within-a-store at a Azbuka Vkusa supermarket in Moscow. While this marks further international expansion for Zippin, the bigger story is […]