Breaking: Fast Grocery Startup JOKR Shutting Down US Operations
Another fast-grocery startup bites the dust. JOKR, the speedy grocery delivery company that was part of a larger wave of startups that entered the US last year, is shutting down […]
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Molecular Farming Pioneer Moolec is Going Public Via SPAC
Moolec Science, a company that develops animal-identical proteins utilizing a technique called molecular farming, announced today it is going public via a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”). The company is […]
Fellow, Maker of Specialty Coffee Gear, Raises $30 Million Series B
Fellow, a maker of specialty coffee gear, announced today they had raised $30 million via a Series B funding round led by Nextworld Evergreen. The San Francisco-based company, which has […]
IKEA Tests Vertical Farms in Partnership With InFarm
Furniture retail giant IKEA is trialing vertical farm installations at three locations in Germany, according to an announcement made by Infarm. Customers at IKEA locations in Kaarst, Duisburg, and Munich-Eching […]
Picnic’s Pizza-Making Robot Heading To Five College Campuses This Fall
Seattle-based Picnic Works announced today that its Pizza Station robot will be heading to college this fall as part of an expanded pilot program with college food service company Chartwells […]
Here Are Four Tech-Powered Lunchboxes That Might Help You Fight Lunchflation
Everything is getting more expensive lately, and food is near the top of the list. For those of you who work outside of the home (and don’t have free and […]
Podcast: Electrolux’s Kitchen of the Future & Other Food Tech News of the Week
Can the design of your kitchen change how and what you eat? Electrolux thinks so. In this week’s episode of the Spoon podcast’s food tech news wrapup, we discuss Electrolux’s […]
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The Shrooly Lets Aspiring Mushroom Farmers Grow Fungi On Their Kitchen Countertop
While I’m not a mushroom eater – they’re slimy and weird-looking pieces of mold – I’m all for growing them at home because, well, mushrooms are slimy weird-looking pieces of […]
The Weekly Spoon: Electrolux’s Kitchen of the Future & Taco Bell’s Reimagined Restaurant
This is the online version of The Spoon Weekly newsletter. Subscribe here to get in your inbox. Electrolux Launches GRO, a Kitchen System Designed to Encourage More Sustainable Eating Can […]
SCiFi Foods Raises $22M With Andreessen Horowitz’s First Investment in Cultivated Meat
SCiFi Foods, a Bay Area-based food tech startup, announced that it has raised a $22 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), making it a16z’s first investment in […]
Taco Bell’s Vision of the Future Includes High-Tech Dumbwaiters & Lots of Drive-Thru Lanes
I’ve always been fascinated with dumbwaiters. An elevator built specifically to deliver food between floors of a building, the dumbwaiter is an idea that is both ridiculous and fascinating. And […]
Cocuus Raises €2.5M to Scale Industrial 3D Food Printing for Plant & Cell-Based Meat Analogs
According to a release sent to The Spoon, 3D food printing startup Cocuus has raised €2.5 Million in a Pre-Series A funding round to scale up its proprietary 3D printing […]