Walmart’s Jet.com Shuttering Fresh Food Delivery in NYC
Jet’s importance to Walmart has waned since its acquisition.
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Week in Restaurants: Moe’s Goes Digital, Denny’s Adds Pay-at-the-Table Features
Some weeks are all about the incremental developments. Such has been the case over the last few days, with much of the news in the restaurant-tech space about chains adding […]
Startup Says its Spoons and Forks Compost in as Little as 10 Days
No offense to the humble spoon (after all, this site is named after it), but it’s not as necessary for modern American diets than its pointier sibling, the fork. And […]
Future Food: Why Is Everything — Grass, Microbes, Even Air — Suddenly A Source of Protein?
This is the web version of our weekly Future Food newsletter. Subscribe to get the most important news about alternate and plant-based foods directly in your inbox! There are a few things […]
Sony Sets up AI Unit to Work on Food
Sony announced this week that is has launched Sony AI, a new organization that will research and develop artificial intelligence specifically for games, imaging and sensors, and “gastronomy.” The new […]
The Mellow Duo, a Sous Vide Appliance With Built-in Refrigeration, Surpasses Kickstarter Target
That Mellow Duo has had a good week. The dual chamber sous vide appliance with integrated cooling started a Kickstarter campaign on Monday and by Tuesday had surpassed its $30 […]
French Nutritional Coaching App Foodvisor Raises $4.5M
Foodvisor, a nutrition assistant app that aims to help people eat better, announced today that it has raised $4.5 million from the VC fund Agrinnovation (operated by Demeter) along with […]
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Bite Squad to End Service in 3 Minnesota Cities
Around this time last year, we predicted that small- to mid-sized U.S. cities would be key battlegrounds in the war to win food delivery, and that this expansion would give […]
How Could Amazon Licensing its Go Technology Impact Other Cashierless Startups?
Bloomberg has a story out today saying that Amazon’s cashierless checkout ambitions are much bigger in both size and scope than its current bodega-sized Go stores. A source told Bloomberg […]
As Restaurants Move Online, Is Weird E-commerce Merch the New Way to Customers’ Hearts?
Dunkin’-branded pajamas. Gravy-scented candles from KFC. McDonald’s playing cards. If silly merchandise bearing a QSR logo is your thing, you’re living in the right century, as a growing number of […]
Newsletter: Will E-Bikes Take Charge? Plus, Precise Heating Comes Home
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Middleby Acquires Brava
Brava, makers of the eponymous countertop smart oven, has been acquired by industrial and residential cooking equipment company, Middleby. TechCrunch broke the news, and details of the acquisition were not […]