Grubhub Launches Its Own Tech Platform for Restaurant Pickup Orders
Grubhub today announced the launch of its own proprietary tech platform for pickup orders. According to a press release, the system connects the front and back of house to give […]
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Noquo Foods Raises $3.6M to Make Plant-based Cheese That Actually Tastes Good
Today Stockholm, Sweden-based Noquo Foods announced it had raised a €3.25 million ($3.6 million USD) seed round. Investors included VC firms Astanor Ventures, Northzone, Inventure, Purple Orange Ventures, and Creandum. […]
Delays of MoJoe’s Travel Coffee Brewer Leaves Backers Feeling Cold
After posting a video interview with MoJoe Brewing last night about the company’s travel coffee brewer, we received a tip from a reader that the track record for the product […]
Bear Robotics Raises $32M Series A. That’s a Lot of (Robot) Pennies
Bear Robotics, maker of the Penny restaurant server robot, announced today that it has raised a $32 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by Softbank with […]
JUST to Launch Plant-based Omelet. Will It Attract Fast Food Partners?
Today, alternative protein company JUST announced its newest product: a pre-cooked plant-based omelet. The so-called “folded egg” will be made from mung beans, similar to JUST’s liquid eggless scramble. I’m […]
Memphis Meats Raises $161M, Doubling Global Investment in Cultured Meat
Today Memphis Meats, a Berkeley, CA-based startup making cell-based meat, announced it has closed a $161 million Series B funding round. The round was led by SoftBank Group, Norwest and […]
The Halal Guys Is Aggressively Expanding Its Ghost Kitchen Strategy for Franchisees
The Halal Guys announced this week it is expanding its ghost kitchen strategy in the U.S., using the concept to make delivery more widely and cost effectively available to its […]
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Newsletter: Consolidation Is Imminent for Food Delivery, Plus Customize is Coming to NYC
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Video: The MoJoe Brews Your Morning Joe on the Go
You know what is usually not great? Hotel coffee. You know what would be great? A convenient way to brew your own coffee easily and without out muss or fuss […]
BlueNalu Partners with Nutreco to Advance Cell-based Fish ‘Feed’
BlueNalu, a cellular aquaculture company growing seafood in the lab, announced a partnership with Nutreco, one of the world’s largest fish feed companies, late last week. Speaking with BlueNalu CEO […]
Starbucks Pledges to Cut Carbon Emissions, Water Usage and Landfill Waste by Half by 2030
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced in a letter Tuesday that the company aspires to become resource positive within the next decade. To meet that aspiration, Johnson set three goals for […]
Fresh Bowl Raises $2.1M, Plans for 50 Vending Machines Open This Year
Salad and snack vending machine company Fresh Bowl has raised a $2.1 million seed round, reports Restaurant Hospitality. The round was led by Betaworks and Ground Ventures, with Tuesday and […]