Can Tech *Actually* Help Solve Our Astronomical Food Waste Problem?
When we come across a problem that seems insurmountable, it’s easy to hold up technology as a cure-all. That seems to be the case with food waste. Recently Eater published […]
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ReGrained Grapples with the Least Worst Option While Fighting Waste
Upcycling company Regrained is learning that doing the right thing is seldom the same as doing the easy thing, especially when it comes to tackling food waste. The company’s mission is to […]
Beyond Food Uses Giant Metal Pods to Turn Surplus Fruit into Vegan Protein Powder
Considering the amount of food wasted in North America (that’s 170 million tons per year), we need more people willing to get up and do something to keep all that perfectly […]
Too Good To Go Raises €6M to Rescue Food in 16 Countries
Too Good To Go, the Denmark-based company fighting food waste, recently announced that it had raised €6 million ($6.8 million) in internal funding. I spoke with Javier Amigo Miranda, CMO of […]
Are In-Store Fridges for Selling Food Near its Expiration Date Becoming a Thing?
I know there’s supposed to be three of something before it becomes a trend. But there are now two startups using almost the exact same combination of apps and special […]
Silo Eclipses $1.4 Million On Way To Kickstarter Smart Kitchen Top Three
The “smart kitchen” category on Kickstarter has a new member of the top three. Silo, the smart vacuum seal storage solution that debuted a little over a month ago at […]
Newsletter: Feeling Good About the Fight Against Food Waste
Happy Friday! Chris here, When you wake up every morning and scroll through the headlines, it’s easy to feel like we are in the darkest timeline. But then, there are […]
Phenix Raises €15 Million to Fight Food Waste
Of all the problems plaguing our world right now, there’s one that we can and do seem to be getting a handle on: Food Waste. Yes, we are nowhere near […]
Newsletter: Meal Kit Misfires, Microwaves with Cameras, 7-Eleven vs. Amazon Go
Happy election day! While poking around the internet last night reading election coverage, we noticed a Spoon reader comment that Boston meal kit company Just Add Cooking (JAC) has ceased […]
The State of European Food Tech: Who, Where, and What’s Next
In the past week, not one, but two companies have released reports on the state of European Food Tech: one by Five Seasons Ventures called “The State of European Food Tech 2018,” the other […]
FoodPlus Sells Surplus Food (in Slovenia) so it Doesn’t go to Waste
Based in Slovenia, FoodPlus began in 2015 when co-founder Dalibor Matijevic began searching for a way to cut down on food waste by redistributing surplus food. He developed a B2B platform […]
Japan’s CoCooking Raises Seed Round To Help Restaurants Sell Excess Food
Startups aiming to reduce food waste are suddenly hot. After a summer which saw startups in the US and Europe pull in funding for new takes on reducing food waste, it […]
