Close Ad

The Spoon

Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution

Next-Gen Blender, Edible Silverware and Produce-Saving Stickers Win SKS 2019 Startup Competitions

Every year at the Smart Kitchen Summit {SKS}, one of the most exciting parts of the whole event is the Startup Showcase. The competition gives young companies on the cutting-edge of […]

  • Research guides to emerging food tech sectors
  • Full video archive of Spoon events 
  • Food Tech insider surveys 
  • Q&A sessions with food tech innovators 
  • Weekly Food Tech Intelligence Briefing
Join Now

Israeli Startup Future Meat Technologies Raises $14M Series A to Grow More Meat from Animal Cells

Today Future Meat Technologies announced it has closed a $14 million Series A funding round led by S2G Ventures and Emerald Technology Ventures, with participation from Manta Ray Ventures, Bits […]

Grubhub and Just Salad Partner for a Digital-Only Concept Restaurant

Grubhub just added another virtual restaurant concept to what’s quickly becoming a string of them for the third-party delivery service. Today, the company announced a partnership with NYC-based fast-casual chain […]

AiFi’s Cashierless Checkout Promises Real-Time Receipts, and Nano-Sized Stores

I recently took a friend on her first Amazon Go shopping experience. She walked in, grabbed her things and walked out, as one does in Amazon’s cashierless checkout store. But […]

Domino’s Is Losing Its Legal Battle Over Website Accessibility. Good

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Domino’s fighting a ruling that a blind customer could sue the chain for violation of the American Disabilities Act […]

Get the Spoon in your inbox

Just enter your email and we’ll take care of the rest:

Find us on some of these other platforms:

Israeli Startup allerguard Raises $1.5M Seed Round to Scan Your Food Vapors for Allergens

Today allerguard, an Israel-based startup that makes a device to detect airborne food allergens, announced that it has raised a $1.5 million seed round (h/t Agfunder). The round was led […]

Starship Delivery Robots Heading for the University of Houston

You can add the University of Houston to the growing list of colleges and universities that will have Starship‘s small delivery robots scurrying around its campus this coming school year. […]

  • Research guides to emerging food tech sectors
  • Full video archive of Spoon events 
  • Food Tech insider surveys 
  • Q&A sessions with food tech innovators 
  • Weekly Food Tech Intelligence Briefing
Join Now

SKS 2019: The Smart Kitchen Needs to Sell Experiences, Not Products

A recurring topic at this week’s SKS North America event has been around what is and isn’t working right now in the smart kitchen. As more devices come to market […]

The Co-Founder and CEO of Miso Robotics, Maker of Flippy, Is No Longer With the Company

Dave Zito, who was Co-Founder and CEO of Miso Robotics, is no longer with the company, The Spoon has learned. This is the second high-profile C-level loss for Miso, following […]

Thermomix Partners with Drop for Smart Appliance Control and Grocery Ordering

Thermomix is adding Drop’s smart kitchen software to its all-in-one kitchen appliance, the two companies announced from the stage today at the Smart Kitchen Summit (SKS) in Seattle. Through the […]

Wild Type Raises $12.5M Series A to Accelerate Production of its Cultured Salmon

Wild Type, a startup developing cultured salmon (that is, fish grown from cells outside the animal), announced today that it had raised a $12.5 million Series A funding round. The […]

How Wellness Is Redefining the Way We Use Our Home Kitchens

Excepting some appliance upgrades, the kitchen in 2019 is largely the same as it was in 1959. Our cabinets and pantries are still dark, enclosed spaces meant to hold food […]