Food & Drink Pods Were Everywhere at CES, but Do Consumers Want Them?
If you were seeking out food tech at CES last week (and believe me, we were), you might have noticed an awful lot of one thing: pods. I was surprised […]
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Taco Bell Outlines Plans to Make Consumer-facing Packaging Sustainable by 2025
Taco Bell announced this week its goal to make all consumer-facing packaging — cups, wrappers, etc. — recyclable, compostable, or reusable by 2025, according to a press release. This pledge […]
A Snapshot of the 6 Biggest Fast Food Companies’ Sustainability Pledges
Environmental issues are no longer an invisible threat. With temperatures warming, oceans are heating up and extreme weather events such as hurricanes and forest fires, as we’re currently seeing in […]
Robot Baristas Aren’t Dead Yet. Briggo to Open 5 New Locations This Quarter
Normally we wouldn’t cover a gonna story. Like when a company says they are gonna do something. The Spoon likes to see actual results, not speculation, thank you very much. […]
Oh My Green Acquires Byte Foods Business from Byte Technology
Oh My Green announced today that it has acquired Byte Foods, the food distribution and logistics service of Byte Technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Before we get […]
The Complete CES 2020 Kitchen Tech Report
At this year’s big tech show in Vegas, there was no shortage of food tech. Everything from Impossible Pork to robot cooking assistants were on display, and so after spending […]
Taco Bell Promotes More Menu Personalization With Certona Partnership
Taco Bell announced a partnership today with tech company Certona to use the latter’s platform to improve personalization for Taco Bell customers. Registered users of Taco Bell’s mobile app will […]
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Unlimeat, a Beef Alternative from South Korea, to Launch in U.S. Market
Zikooin, a South Korean food manufacturing company, today announced it would bring its plant-based Unlimeat to the U.S. market this year. Unlimeat is made from grains, oats and nuts and […]
Walmart Boosts Bossa Nova’s Robotic Shelf Scanning to 1,000 Stores
Walmart is adding another 650 Bossa Nova robots to its roster, Bloomberg reported this morning, bringing the total number of the shelf scanning bots to 1,000 by the end of […]
Chili’s Teams Up With Presto to Offer Pay-at-the-Table Devices
Fast-casual chain Chili’s announced today it has partnered with restaurant-tech company Presto to make PrestoPrime tabletop devices available to customers dining in the restaurant. According to a press release, the […]
Watch the ‘Seattle Food Geek’ Explain How the New Anova Steam Oven Works
If you’re a sous vide or precision cooking nerd, chances are you’ve heard of Scott Heimendinger. Not only did Heimendinger basically invent the consumer sous vide circulator back in 2010 […]
Soil Sensor Company CropX Acquires Irrigation Tools Provider CropMetrics
CropX, which makes sensors to monitor soil conditions on farms, announced today that it has acquired cloud-based irrigation management tool company CropMetrics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The […]