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This Culinary Tech Inventor Thought He Could Build Some Parts For His Latest Gadget in the US. Then He Called Around.
July 14, 2025 Michael Wolf

July 9, 2025

Thermomix Has Long Been a Leader in Cooking Automation, But Now They’re Going Full Robot

July 3, 2025

Is IFT’s Launch of an AI Tool For Food Scientists an Indicator of Where Trade Associations Are Going in Age of AI?

July 1, 2025

From Red Bull to Zevia, Amy Taylor Shares Lessons Learned From a Career Built Around Buzzy Beverages

February 1, 2025

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

Supergut’s Marc Washington Believes the Way to Better Health Is Through Our Stomachs

July 19, 2022 Allen Weiner

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The Spoon recently sat down with Supergut CEO Marc Washington to hear about his company’s mission and the inspiration that drives him. To call Supergut Marc Washington’s passion project is […]

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Podcast: A Challenging Time for Restaurant Tech

July 18, 2022 Michael Wolf

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In this episode of The Spoon, we are joined by long-time restaurant and restaurant tech journalist Nancy Luna of Insider to compare notes about what’s been a challenging few months […]

BurgerFi Begins Rollout of the Samsung Kiosks powered by GRUBBRR (Sponsored Post)

July 15, 2022 Sponsor Partner

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In December 2021, BurgerFi launched a pilot program with GRUBBRR to test the effectiveness of self-ordering technology to decrease operating costs, minimize the dependency on labor, increase revenue, and provide […]

PizzaHQ Opens to Public With Plans to Deliver 1,500 Robot-Powered Pizzas Per Day

July 14, 2022 Michael Wolf

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The robotic pizza chain of the future envisioned by Darryl Dueltgen and Jason Udrija took a big step forward this week as its first location opened to the public. The company, […]

Pizzametry, Pioneering Maker of Pizza-Making Robotic Kiosks, Is Looking for a Buyer

July 14, 2022 Michael Wolf

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Pizzametry, the maker of the industry’s first pizza-making robot, is looking for a buyer. In an interview with The Spoon, Pizzametry President Jim Benjamin said that the company, which has […]

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People Using The Wonder Food Delivery Service Are Bonkers About It

July 13, 2022 Michael Wolf

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You’ve probably heard about Wonder by now. The high-profile company founded by Marc Lore has people buzzing with its nearly billion in funding and a model that includes chef-designed meals […]

Germany-Based Mushlabs Scores An Infrastructure Partnership with Bitburger Brewery Group

July 12, 2022 Allen Weiner

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Hamburg-based biotech startup Mushlabs may have created the perfect storm in its approach to creating a clean, nutrient-rich plant-based meat alternative. The company can hit the ground running without worrying […]

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From Robotics to Alt Protein, Layoffs and Shutdowns Have Begun to Hit Food Tech

July 12, 2022 Michael Wolf

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What a difference a year can make. Last year, it seemed a day didn’t go by without word of a big new funding round in food tech. Alt proteins, restaurant […]

ReGrained Changes Name to Upcycled Foods as It Diversifies Into Non-Grain Upcycled Ingredients

July 11, 2022 Michael Wolf

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ReGrained is now Upcycled Foods Inc. The company, which announced the new name as well as a variety of new partners and product announcements at the IFT First trade show […]

Podcast: The Hard Business of Building an At-Scale Restaurant Tech Company

July 8, 2022 Michael Wolf

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Anyone who’s read Jordan Thaeler’s publication Reforming Retail knows he likes to tell it like it is when it comes to restaurant tech. No matter whether it’s the business model […]

Are The Layoffs at Motif a Canary in the Coalmine For the Plant-Based Meat Industry?

July 6, 2022 Michael Wolf

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According to an article out today from Food Navigator USA, plant-based meat ingredient startup Motif Foodworks has laid off an undisclosed number of employees. The layoffs, which are the first […]

Tropic Biosciences Raises $35M For Gene-Editing & RNAi Platform Aimed at Developing Tropical Crops

July 6, 2022 Michael Wolf

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Agriculture scientists have continuously worked to evolve coffee crops to battle an ever-changing climate for much of the past century. Some of the most famous examples of these efforts are […]

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