Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
One of the questions that comes up when talking about Amazon Go cashierless stores is when the grab-and-go technology experience will scale up from a bodega-sized convenience store to a […]
If you’re like me when you think of Amazon and in-home shopping nowadays, the first thing that pops to mind is Alexa. But before Alexa took over the world, Amazon […]
Amazon put out a news release today touting its record-breaking holiday shopping weekend. And, in what will come as a shock to absolutely no one, the company said the best-selling […]
Amazon may seem like an unstoppable behemoth taking over everything from groceries to gizmos, but it seems the delivery giant is not completely immune to failure — especially when it […]
After months of municipal pageants, rampant speculation and rumors, Amazon has finally and officially picked Arlington, Virginia and New York City to house the company’s two new headquarters. Amazon also […]
Happy election day! While poking around the internet last night reading election coverage, we noticed a Spoon reader comment that Boston meal kit company Just Add Cooking (JAC) has ceased […]
Amazon is reportedly going to split its forthcoming new co-headquarters across two cities. If that report turns out to be true, you can rest assured that each of those towns […]
Storied convenience store chain 7-Eleven launched a new Scan & Pay pilot program today that lets shoppers use their mobile phone for self-checkout. The new feature launched in 14 Dallas area […]
Amazon Go is finally expanding into America’s tech capital, as the first of two locations for the cashierless convenience stores opens today in downtown San Francisco. Today’s launch follows Amazon […]
In the hardware startup world, the margin between success and failure can be razor-thin. Malachy Moynihan knows a thing or two about both: He was the Chief Product Officer at infamous kitchen […]
Amazon announced today that it is raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all of its full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal employees, including workers at Whole Foods. In […]
It feels trivial to cobble together a newsletter highlighting recent food tech news, given the events of this week. But if there is any tenuous connection that can make it […]
