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Nearly Seven Years After Launching Kickstarter, Silo Finally Delivers Next-Gen Home Food Storage System
June 16, 2025 Michael Wolf

June 13, 2025

What Flavor Unlocks

June 12, 2025

Starbucks Unveils Green Dot Assist, a Generative AI Virtual Assistant for Coffee Shop Employees

June 11, 2025

Impulse Announces Its Battery-Integrated Cooktop Becomes First Certified to Applicable UL Safety Standards

February 1, 2025

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

Singapore-based Shandi Raises $700,000 Seed Round

August 17, 2021 Ashlen Wilder

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Shandi, an alternative protein company based in Singapore, announced this week in a press release sent to The Spoon that it has raised $700,000 USD in a second seed round. […]

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Nowadays’ Alternative Chicken Nuggets Taste Like the Real Thing

August 17, 2021 Ashlen Wilder

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If you keep up with news in the plant-based space, then you might be aware that there’s somewhat of a “chicken war” going on. Big players like Impossible Foods, Beyond […]

Trademark Filing Indicates Beyond Meat Could Add Milk to its Lineup

August 17, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Plant-based meat giant Beyond Meat has filed for a trademark on the name Beyond Milk, indicating that the company could be prepping for a move into alternative milk category. Food […]

Picnic Announces Commercial Availability and Pricing of its Pizza Robot

August 17, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Picnic announced today that its pizza-assembling robot is now commercially available for pre-orders and that its robot-as-a-service will cost between $3,500 and $5,000 per month, depending on factors such as […]

Cox Enterprises Acquires High-Tech Greenhouse Grower BrightFarms

August 17, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Cox Enterprises has acquired indoor farming company BrightFarms, the two companies announced today via press release. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies noted that the acquisition […]

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Q&A: The Future of Restaurant Delivery Bots, According to Serve Robotics’ Ali Kashani

August 16, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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If Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani has his way, more restaurants in the near-term future will offload the last mile of their deliveries not to human couriers but to wheeled […]

New Croatian Restaurant Uses Five GammaChef Robots to Make Meals

August 16, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Typically when we write about food making robots, they fall into either one of two categories: Smaller countertop devices meant for the home, or larger, more industrial robots meant for […]

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Red Sea Farms Raises an Additional $6M to Grow Crops With Saltwater

August 16, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Farms has raised an additional $6 million in pre-Series A funding, bringing the total round to $16 million (h/t Wamda). Those leading the round include Aramco’s […]

Meet The Spoon’s Restaurant Tech 10

August 16, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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The restaurant industry has changed drastically over the last 18 months when it comes to tech. What was once a sector slow to change and reticent to embrace digital is […]

Food Tech Goes Back to School

August 15, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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We are preparing for back-to-school in our home. And while there are still questions that remain around what back-to-school will actually mean for my middle-schooler, we are all excited for […]

Food Tech News: Future Food Tour in Dubai and Beer-Infused Spices

August 14, 2021 Ashlen Wilder

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Welcome to this week’s Food Tech News round-up! For this round, we’ve gathered news from CHEQ, a multi-sensory futuristic food tour, and new spices that make your food taste like […]

Q&A: How BentoBox Helps Restaurants Take Back Their Customer Relationships Through Tech

August 13, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Before the off-premises boom, there was no question of restaurants owning their relationships with customers. One pandemic and a whole lot of digital tools later, and that ownership is a […]

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