SKS Q&A: Adam Yee on Podcasting, Meat Alternatives and The Importance of Food Stories
You might not recognize Adam Yee’s face if you saw him on the street, but there’s a chance you would recognize his voice. Yee created and runs the My Food […]
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Kroger Looks to Build Next Robotic Warehouse in Dallas, Texas
Kroger wants to build its next Ocado-powered robotic smart warehouse in Dallas, TX. The plans aren’t finalized, and as the Dallas News reported: The Cincinnati-based grocer will ask the Dallas […]
Panera’s Hybrid Approach to Delivery Could Be a New Standard for Restaurants
Panera is one of those increasingly rare restaurant chains that’s not a pizza company and has still managed to successfully keep its delivery program an entirely in-house operation — until […]
Newsletter: Why Online Grocery Shopping is Like Kevin Costner, Meet Drinkbot, and a Coffee Cherry Drink
I’m a big fan of “The Rewatchables” from The Ringer podcast network. Basically it’s a bunch of pop-culture-savvy writers talking about well-known movies they enjoy, well, re-watching. A couple months […]
Advanced Farm Technologies Raises $7.5M Series A for its Strawberry Picking Robot
Advanced Farm Technologies (AFT), an agtech robotics startup, has raised a $7.5 million Series A round of funding led by Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (“YMVSV”), the strategic […]
Long Lines, Huge Crowds: KFC’s New Beyond Fried Chicken is Going Viral
Yesterday KFC made headlines when the fast-food chain announced that it would test out plant-based Beyond Meat chicken nuggets in one location in suburban Atlanta. As the majority of the […]
Grubhub’s New Partnership With Dine Brands Intensifies Its Rivalry With DoorDash
Grubhub announced today it has expanded its partnership with Dine Brands, parent company of Applebee’s and IHOP, to over 3,000 U.S. locations across those two restaurants. Delivery via Grubhub will […]
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Uber Eats to Deliver Food From Lawson Convenience Stores in Tokyo
During The Spoon’s recent trip to Tokyo, we took Anthony Bourdain’s advice and discovered the magic that is dining at Japanese convenience stores. In fact, the only thing that could […]
Postmates Adds Group Ordering Feature
This week, Postmates unveiled Group Ordering, a new feature that allows individual members of the same group to choose their own items from their own devices and send them to […]
In-house? Third-party? Why Online Ordering Isn’t One or the Other for Restaurants in 2019
When it comes to online ordering, some restaurants will soon need to offer the functionality through their own apps as well as via third parties like Grubhub. Restaurant-tech powerhouse Toast […]
Indian Food E-Commerce Startup FreshToHome Raises $20M Series B
Today Bangaluru, India-based startup FreshToHome announced that it had raised a $20 million Series B round led by Iron Pillar with Joe Hirao and others participating (via TechCrunch). The startup […]
Gallup: 81 Percent of Americans “Never” Order Groceries Online (But That’s Still Good News for Grocers)
A survey out from Gallup last week showed that the vast majority of Americans are not shopping for groceries online. According to Gallup, “Eighty-one percent of Americans say they never […]