Hot Bot Wants to Make Hot Drinks as Easy to Grab as Cold Ones
When you’re thirsty at the supermarket, you can choose from literally hundreds of frosty drinks in the cooler case to grab and go. If, however, it’s cold outside and you […]
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Pig, Out: Omnipork Hopes to Replace China’s Most Consumed Meat
Dumplings, char siu, lo mein, sweet and sour stir fries — a lot of China’s most-loved dishes feature one meat above all: pork. In fact, mainland China is the world’s largest consumer […]
Zume to Open it’s Mobile Cooking Platform to any Restaurant
When Zume first came on the scene, a lot of people got hooked on its pizza-making robot. But what was always more intriguing to us here at The Spoon was […]
5 Interesting Things We Saw at the Specialty Coffee Expo 2018
This past weekend was the Specialty Coffee Expo in Seattle, and it was a playground for all things java, joe, and bean juice-related. We saw robot baristas, we saw electric […]
ChefHero Raises $12.6M, Expands its Buying Platform Into Chicago
ChefHero, on online marketplace that aims to streamline wholesale food and supply ordering for restaurants, announced today that it has raised a $12.6 million Canadian (~$9.8M USD). The round was […]
Domino’s Just Delegated Phone Orders to Its Resident Chatbot
Ordering food online has never been easier, but that doesn’t mean everyone wants to do it. In fact, the phone still the preferred method for most consumers. Trouble is, placing orders […]
Agroy Wants to Be the Amazon for Farmers
“Every other product is available online. Why can’t that be available in American agriculture?” So asks Brad McDonald, co-founder of Agroy, over the phone during a scheduled chat. The question, […]
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Pop the Trunk. Will Amazon In-Car Delivery Open the Door to In-Home Drop-off?
Amazon announced today that it has formed a partnership with General Motors and Volvo to offer deliveries inside your car, which, according to The Wall Street Journal, will give the […]
Coffunity Makes Anyone a Coffee Expert (Yes, Even You)
Unless you’re a barista by trade, you might not know all that much about what type of coffees you like. Ethiopian? Light roast? Notes of milk chocolate or stone fruit? […]
Intello Labs Uses AI to Help Farmers Get a Fair Price for Their Crops
When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI), we often speak in giant, world-shifting terms about revolutionizing a certain industry. But AI can also benefit a single person at a time. […]
Amazon’s Reported Robot Probably Won’t Just be a Mobile Alexa
News reports surfaced today that Amazon may be working on it’s own robot. According to Bloomberg, the retail giant has been working on a project codenamed “Vesta”(the Roman goddess of […]
Bellwether Unveils its Ventless, Electric Coffee Roaster for Cafés
Bellwether unveiled what it says is the first commercially available ventless, electric coffee roaster to the public this weekend at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Seattle. Aimed at cafés, the […]