Blendid’s Smoothie Robot Heads Off to the University of San Francisco
If you want to see the future of robots, go to college. I don’t mean become a student and take classes, I mean just literally head to a college campus […]
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Frozen Plant-Based Meal Co. Alpha Foods Raises $7M
Today Alpha Foods, a plant-based meal company, announced that it has raised $7 million in funding, led by New Crop Capital and AccelFoods (h/t Fortune). The Glendale, CA-based companies makes frozen […]
Truebird Bringing its Robot-Barista Coffee to NYC
It’s the stones. They move like magic in Truebird‘s robot barista demo video, gliding across a glass surface to cradle and transport cups of coffee and lattes to waiting customers […]
PicoBrew Rolls Out Cold Brew Coffee Capability For the Pico C
Sure, beer is great and all, but those of us with day jobs can’t exactly drink round the clock (or can we?). Luckily for those of us with the PicoBrew […]
McDonald’s Acquires Dynamic Yield to Make Menus More Netflix-y
McDonald’s announced today that it has acquired personalization platform Dynamic Yield to make the fast food giant’s menus more technologically dynamic. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but sources […]
Proposed Hawaii Legislation Would Make it the First State to Ban Polystyrene Containers
One of the best memories I have of growing up in Hawaii is the plate lunches. Chicken, two scoops of rice and a ball of mac salad… it’s so onolicious. […]
Will Impossible’s Massive Restaurant Rollouts Help it Beat Beyond Meat in the Grocery Aisle?
Today fast-casual burger chain Red Robin announced it will be offering plant-based Impossible burgers at all 570 of its U.S. locations starting April 1. In and of itself, this isn’t […]
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Starship Delivery Robots to Roam Around Northern Arizona University
Starship announced today that it is heading off to (another) college. Starting today, Starship will deploy 30 little delivery robots to Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, AZ. The school’s […]
You’ll Soon Be Able to Order Domino’s Pizza From Your Car
Domino’s announced this morning it will launch its Anyware digital-ordering platform in cars in 2019. To do so, the pizza chain-turned-tech trailblazer has teamed up with Xevo, whose in-vehicle commerce […]
Avant Meats Develops Cultured Seafood (Fish Maw, Sea Cucumber) for a Chinese Audience
Last week we wrote a think piece about how cultured meat — that is, meat grown outside the animal in a lab setting — will likely debut in Asia. Part […]
PieShell, a Crowdfunding Platform for Food Innovation, is Shutting Down
Food crowdfunding site PieShell is shutting down. The news was shared publicly today by company CEO and founder Cheryl Clements via an open letter on Linkedin. She published the letter […]
Food Tech News: Plant-Based Meat Goes Frozen, International, and gets Recalled
Happy Saturday morning, all! I hope you have a day filled with pancakes and sunshine and minimal laundry ahead of you. But as always, it’s good to start your day […]