Flippy Fires up a new Job at Dodger Stadium, Will it be a Home Run?
Flippy, Miso Robotics‘ fast food robot assistant, has a new job and some new skills: frying up tater tots and chicken tenders at LA’s Dodger Stadium. The pilot is a […]
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Traditional Meat Producers Lobby Trump Over Cultured Meat
About a decade ago, “disruption” was the big buzzword. Though it was (way) overused, there were some examples of startups that truly disrupted the status quo and changed entire industries. […]
Stephen Colbert Mocks FDA’s Crackdown on Plant-Based Milks
Last night on The Late Show host Stephen Colbert turned his biting wit towards a subject that’s been generating a lot of media buzz lately: the question of what to call dairy […]
Chick-Fil-A’s Uncanny Valley Problem with Meal Kits
When popular fast food chain, Chick-Fil-A announced it would be experimenting with meal kits next month, I agreed with my colleague, Catherine Lamb, that this could pave the way for […]
Now That Delivery Is All the Rage, What Happens to the Drive-Thru?
Long John Silver’s, that bastion of quick-service seafood, made a bold claim today by announcing their intent to “install the most technologically advanced digital drive-thru platforms in the restaurant industry.” Over […]
GrubHub Acquires LevelUp for $390M, Deepens Foothold in the Restaurant Space
This morning, food delivery company GrubHub announced that it would acquire digital order management platform LevelUp for $390 million cash. Boston-based LevelUp was started in 2011 and had raised almost […]
Chef’d Assets Acquired by True Food Innovations, to Focus on Retail
True Food Innovations, a food technology, CPG and manufacturing company, today announced that it has acquired the assets of meal kit maker, Chef’d, which abruptly shuttered operations earlier this month. […]
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Will You Try Pizzametry’s Pizza Vending Machine?
Let’s start with the obvious question you probably have after reading this story’s headline. Is it pronounced: Peet-ZAH-metry, like Geometry? or PEETZA-me-try, like Cookie Monster would say it if he […]
The Weekly Spoon: Miele Food Delivery, Robot Restaurant & Chick-fil-A Meal Kits
Are appliance companies ready for change?
That’s a question I think about a lot. I mean sure, many realize digitization of the kitchen is underway and the resulting shift in behavior from consumers will be significant, but I sometimes wonder if their thinking is too limited.
Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods Get Label Wins, Score Big for Plant-based Meat
Yesterday plant-based burger startup Impossible Foods officially got the green light from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that their patties are safe to eat. Impossible voluntarily submitted their burger […]
Yelp Is Now Listing Restaurant Hygiene Scores, and Not Everyone’s Thrilled
Today, Yelp announced the national rollout of its LIVES program, which posts restaurant hygiene scores alongside other basic info about eating establishments (via The New York Post). Not everyone’s happy […]
Should Other Cities Follow Mountain View’s Free Office Lunch Ban?
Growing up, my Pappy Albrecht used to say, “Life’s not fair and there are no free lunches.” This bit of wisdom will be especially true for some Facebook employees moving […]