Albertsons to End Plated Meal Kit Subscription Service
Albertsons struck another nail in the coffin of mail order meal kits yesterday when the company announced that it will be ending its Plated subscription service and shifting that brand […]
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Alexa Adds Thousands Of Buzzfeed Tasty Recipes To Echo Show
This week Amazon and Buzzfeed announced a partnership that brings thousands of Buzzfeed Tasty’s famous quick-play social videos to Amazon’s video-enabled digital assistants. According to email sent to The Spoon, […]
Amid Strikes (and Holidays!), Instacart Cuts Bonuses for its Shopper Workforce
One would think that Instacart, a startup that has raised nearly $2 billion in funding, would not want to do anything that could be perceived as particularly Grinch-y this time […]
Walmart Officially Launches In-Home Delivery in Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Vero Beach
Online grocery shopping took another big step today… inside your house. Walmart officially launched its InHome Delivery service in the previously announced cities of Kansas City, MO; Pittsburg, PA; and Vero […]
AiFi’s Cashierless Checkout Promises Real-Time Receipts, and Nano-Sized Stores
I recently took a friend on her first Amazon Go shopping experience. She walked in, grabbed her things and walked out, as one does in Amazon’s cashierless checkout store. But […]
Fridge Eye is a Cheap Connected Camera to Smarten Up Your Fridge or Cupboard
While we cover smart appliances extensively here on The Spoon, we’re pretty hesitant about getting a smart fridge. They are pretty expensive, and since they are basically connected computers that […]
It’s Official, Tesco is Using — and Investing in — Trigo’s Cashierless Checkout Tech
Earlier this summer we heard rumblings that UK-based grocer Tesco was working with Trigo on cashierless checkout stores. Those rumblings have now been confirmed: Trigo informed The Spoon this morning […]
From Voicebots and Loyalty to Data and Delivery: What Are the Next Big Hits (and Misses) in Food Tech?
This is a guest post written by Brita Rosenheim, Partner at Better Food Ventures. This Food Tech Industry Landscape and state-of-the-industry analysis are intended to help operators, entrepreneurs and investors […]
Food Network Kitchen Isn’t the Peloton for Cooking, It’s Much Much Bigger Than That
The Food Network today announced the launch of its Food Network Kitchen video streaming service, which the network described as the “Peloton for Food.” I understand why they chose the […]
Trigo Vision Raises $22M A Round for Cashierless Checkout Tech
Trigo Vision, the Israeli startup that builds cashierless checkout tech for retailers, announced today that it has raised a $22 million A round of funding. The round was led by […]
Marks & Spencer Plants Urban Farms In Its Retail Stores
We’ve seen vertical farms make their way into restaurants, hotels, and college cafeterias. Now the concept is getting more popular in grocery stores. This week, UK-based department store chain Marks […]
Swiggy Goes Beyond Food Delivery With New Service Swiggy Go, Expands Swiggy Stores
Today, India-based delivery service Swiggy took a few steps beyond the food world by launching Swiggy Go, an instant pickup and drop-off service that will deliver everything from laundry to […]
