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After Leaving Starbucks, Mesh Gelman Swore Off The Coffee Biz. Now He Wants To Reinvent Cold Brew Coffee
June 5, 2025 Michael Wolf

June 2, 2025

Brian Canlis on Leaving an Iconic Restaurant Behind to Start Over in Nashville With Will Guidara

May 30, 2025

Food Waste Gadgets Can’t Get VC Love, But Kickstarter Backers Are All In

May 27, 2025

Report: Restaurant Tech Funding Drops to $1.3B in 2024, But AI & Automation Provide Glimmer of Hope

February 1, 2025

A Conversation With Bear Robotics’ John Ha on LG Deal and The Future of The Company

The Spoon Weekly: Wonder’s Big Bet, Parc’s Cold Chain Spinout, a Hard Look at Model for 15 Minute Grocery

July 3, 2022 Michael Wolf

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Will Wonder Reinvent the Food Delivery Biz, or Become Another Cautionary Tale? Only Time Will Tell Imagine you wanted to build a complete-from-scratch meal delivery company. Not just the delivery […]

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Gavin Newsom and California Legislators Allocate $5 Million for Cultivated Meat R&D

July 1, 2022 Michael Wolf

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When California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Budget Act of 2022 into law this week, the state of California directed billions of dollars of tax funds to be allocated […]

Coming Out of Stealth, Paleo Unveils Six Animal-Free, GMO-Free Varieties of Heme

June 30, 2022 Allen Weiner

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In 2024, imagine walking into Burger King and ordering a mammoth burger. No, not one that is bigger than your head; this Whopper will taste like the extinct proboscideans that […]

Will Wonder Reinvent the Food Delivery Biz, or Become Another Cautionary Tale? Only Time Will Tell

June 29, 2022 Michael Wolf

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Imagine you wanted to build a complete-from-scratch meal delivery company. Not just the delivery part like Doordash. I’m talking about building a company that is essentially an entire restaurant and […]

Do You Have The Next Big Idea in Cooking Technology?

June 28, 2022 Michael Wolf

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Here at The Spoon, we think a lot about cooking. Sure, a big part of why is because we love to eat, but it’s also because we’re obsessed with cooking […]

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Atomo Raises $40 Million To Scale Its Beanless, Upcycled Coffee

June 28, 2022 Michael Wolf

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Today Seattle-based Atomo announced it had raised $40 million in Series A funding to scale production of its beanless coffee, according to an announcement sent to The Spoon. When the […]

Jellatech Announces Successful Production of Animal-Identical Cell-Based Collagen

June 27, 2022 Allen Weiner

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From connective tissue, skin health, lunchroom JELLO, and your inner ear to injections to create fuller lips, collagen is one of a body’s vital chameleons. Until now, the best way […]

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PARC Spinout EverCase Uses Electric & Magnetic Fields to Store Food in Freezers Without Ice Crystals

June 27, 2022 Michael Wolf

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If you’ve ever put meat or fish into a freezer, you’ve probably noticed it doesn’t look nearly as fresh once you thaw it out. That’s because the process of freezing […]

Food Robot Roundup: Grubhub & Cartken Head to College, The Story of a Stir-Frying Robot

June 27, 2022 Joy Chen

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Happy Monday! We’ve got a round-up of recent food robot news to get your week kicked off right. This month, Singapore-based food robotics firm Ross Digital announced a $4.2 million […]

Food Tech News Pod: The Wendyverse, 15-Minute Grocery Struggles & Roku’s Big Food Play

June 24, 2022 Michael Wolf

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It’s another weekly food tech new wrap-up. The stories we discuss this week include: The food brand metaverse trademark landgrab A new NFT restaurant in San Francisco copies the Flyfish […]

From the Paneraverse to the Wendyverse, the Food Web3 Trademark Gold Rush is On

June 23, 2022 Michael Wolf

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While it’s uncertain at this point just how profitable the food industry’s efforts to build out a presence in the metaverse will be, what we do know is those sure […]

Is Roku About To Bring Us Shoppable TV Content Featuring Martha Stewart & Other Culinary Giants?

June 22, 2022 Michael Wolf

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Last week, Walmart and Roku announced a deal that would allow TV viewers watching streaming via a Roku device to purchase items – including food items – using their remote. […]

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