Future Food: Why Labeling Laws Won’t Slow Plant-Based Meat
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Applications Are Now Open for AgFunder’s Singapore Agri Tech Accelerator Program
Calling all agricultural-focused startups. This week, agri tech VC firm AgFunder announced its forthcoming startup accelerator, GROW, is now accepting applications. GROW is a joint venture between AgFunder and agrifood […]
Standard Cognition Raises $35M Series B for its Cashierless Checkout Tech
Standard Cognition, one of a host of startups looking to bring cashierless checkout to the retail experience, announced today that it has raised a $35 million Series B round of […]
The Food Tech Show: The Perilous Existence of Bike-Riding Food Delivery Drivers
It’s been a big week in restaurant tech news, so the Spoon gang got together to record a podcast. In this episode of the Food Tech Show, we discuss: Starbucks […]
Krispy Kreme Gets a Digital Makeover With Newly Redesigned Store
Krispy Kreme debuted its first store redesign in over a decade this week, and it’s all about digital enhancements to speed up ordering, payments, pickup, and delivery for the doughnut-centric […]
DoorDash CEO’s Tweet-a-Culpa: Says Delivery Company Changing its Much-Maligned Tipping Policy
Facing a growing backlash over how it treats tips for delivery drivers, DoorDash’s CEO indicated on Twitter today that the company is looking to change its controversial wage structure. In […]
OpenTable Launches Delivery Program With Uber Eats, Grubhub
Restaurant reservations platform OpenTable announced it has partnered with Caviar, Grubhub, and Uber Eats to give its users access to delivery options within the OpenTable app. “Our goal is to […]
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There Should be an Open Brand Image Database to Train Robots and Cashierless Checkout Systems
It was a box of Cheez-Its that made me think of the idea. We were recently at Nvidia’s Robotics Seattle Robotics Lab, watching a presentation on how the company uses […]
Takeoff to Provide Robotic Order Fulfillment for ShopRite
Wakefern Food Corp. announced yesterday that it has partnered with Takeoff Technologies to build an automated fulfillment center in Cliffton, NJ. The center will fulfill orders for online shoppers at […]
Smart Move: Dunkin’ Now Offers Beyond Meat Breakfast Sandwiches in NYC
Now you can eat Beyond Meat products morning, noon, and night — as long as you live in Manhattan, that is. Today Dunkin’ announced that it has teamed up with […]
Pizza Hut Testing Brightloom’s Cubby Technology in Los Angeles
Pizza Hut announced in a statement this week that it is testing out Brightloom’s automated pickup cubbies at its Hollywood location. It’s the same technology currently used in chains like […]
Newsletter: The New All-in-One Restaurant Tech Is Here, Digital Drive-Thru Goes Down Under
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