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Toast’s New Features Aim to Alleviate Restaurants’ Payroll Headaches

Running payroll at a restaurant has historically been a tricky affair for the (un)lucky soul tasked with the job. Restaurant operators juggle minimum wage laws, minimum wage laws across multiple […]

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Burger King Wheels Whoppers to LA Drivers Stuck in Traffic, Begins Impossible Roll Out

Burger King announced this week that it is rolling out two new Whoppers to two very different audiences, as the fast food chain shows how it’s adapting to modern times […]

Hybrid VC Firm Big Idea Ventures Wants to Scale the Alternative Protein Revolution

We hear a lot about plant-based startups raking in big funding dollars — cough, Impossible Foods, cough — but not a lot about the companies investing in them. One such […]

BSH Home Appliances Invests in Chefling to Bolster the AI-Powered Pantry

BSH Home Appliances (or BSH Hausgeräte GmbH) announced today that it has made a strategic investment in Chefling, maker of an AI-powered assistant for the kitchen that helps a user manage […]

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BKON’s RAIN Tech Extends Ready to Drink Cold Brew Coffee Shelf Life By 5,000 Percent

A new study shows that BKON’s RAIN technology is capable of enabling sweeping change in the RTD cold brew coffee segment and beyond. But is BKON too late to the party?

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American Express Acquires Restaurant Tech Platform Resy

American Express announced today it plans to acquire Resy, a restaurant reservations and management platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to be completed in […]

Halla Raises $1.4M Seed Round, Pivots to Focus on AI-Powered Grocery Recommendations

Halla, a startup that uses machine learning and AI to power food recommendations for grocery shoppers, announced today that it has raised a $1.4 million seed round led by E&A […]

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Newsletter: Real News About Fake Meat, Oatly and what is Chokkino?

This is the web version of our weekly Spoon newsletter. You should sign up for it. I really did not want to write about alternate proteins in this newsletter this […]

HowUdish Says It Helps You Eat Like a Pro Athlete, but Fumbles on the Execution

A couple years back, Dwayne Johnson revealed his diet: 10 pounds and 5,000 calories of high-protein meals per day. Perfect for building muscle, not so great for the world’s supply […]

Coca-Cola, Danone, General Mills Join a Major New Foodtech Hub in China

Major CPGs have been on a mission to keep pace with new food trends by partnering with younger companies via startup accelerators and incubators. Now they’re taking the concept to […]

Aleph Farms Raises $12M for its Slaughter-Free Steak

Though plant-based meat has grabbed most of the headlines in alternative protein this year, thanks to Beyond Meat going public and Impossible Foods scaling up, lab-grown or cultured meat is […]

Whole Foods Is Now Accepting Bitcoin and Other Digital Currencies

A few months ago, I wrote that we’re “still a long ways off from digital currencies being part of the daily routine at the coffee shop, grocery store, or drive-thru.” […]