Yelp Lays Off 1,000 Staff Members, Furloughs More, and Cuts Hours
This morning, Yelp announced it is reducing the size of its workforce due to the impact of COVID-19 on the company’s business. In a letter sent to employees, co-founder and […]
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Just in Time for Social Distancing, Rozum Cafe Launches its Robot Barista
There are two opposing forces during our sheltering in place and social distancing. We are actively avoiding other people, especially those we don’t know, and also actively working to maintain […]
GrapeStars Lets Celebrities Sell Booze to You Through Social Media
Have you ever wanted to buy gin endorsed by Ryan Reynolds? Or a nice bottle of sauvignon blanc curated by Sarah Jessica Parker? Now’s your chance. GrapeStars, the online marketplace […]
Get Alerts on When Delivery Slots at Amazon and Whole Foods Open Up with This Free JavaScript Tool
Like a game of whack-a-mole, people who are flocking to e-commerce for their grocery shopping in this time of pandemic are encountering a new headache: longer-than-normal wait times to get […]
iFood and Domicilios.com Merge to Take on the Latin American Food Delivery Market
Brazil-based food delivery service iFood announced this week it had purchased a controlling stake in Colombian service Domicilios.com, according to TechCrunch. The deal gives iFood a 51 percent equity stake […]
AeroFarms, RNZ, RDI, and Madar Get $100M Investment to ‘Turn Sand Into Farmland’
The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) announced today it will invest $100 million USD total in four agtech companies to develop next-generation agricultural solutions specifically for farming in desert environments. […]
Newsletter: Shapeshifting To Survive During COVID-19
We knew that The Spoon’s first ever Virtual Strategy Summit would be around COVID-19. After all, the virus is the reason we had to make the summit virtual in the […]
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Starship Robots Making Food Deliveries in Tempe, AZ
If a person dropping food off on your doorstep is still one human too many in these COVID-19 times, then maybe you should try moving to Tempe, AZ where Starship’s […]
McDonald’s Slows Development on Its Tech-Forward Store Remodels
In an effort to reduce capital expenditures by $1 billion, McDonald’s is slowing the development of its Experience of the Future store remodels across the U.S., according to a press […]
Applegate to Launch New Blended Meat and Vegetable Burgers in Retail This Month
Hormel-owned Applegate will begin selling Well Carved, its frozen line of blended meat and vegetable products, in grocery stores this month, according to IngredientsNetwork. Well Carved includes hybrid beef and […]
Toast Cuts 50 Percent of Its Staff. That’s an Ominous Sign for All of Restaurant Tech
Yesterday, Toast announced it will cut 50 percent of its staff through layoffs and furloughs. In a letter posted to the Toast blog, CEO Chris Comparato said the move is […]
With Consumers in Quarantine, Connected Cooking Companies Spring Into Action With Tailored Content
With a good chunk of the world’s population currently in quarantine, most of us are cooking at home a lot more nowadays. Along with all this home cooking has come […]