Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
Hestan Smart Cooking, the company behind the Hestan Cue guided cooking system, has laid off approximately 40% of its staff the Spoon has learned. The layoffs come amid a shift […]
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Last fall, fast-casual darling Sweetgreen became a newly minted unicorn when it raised $200 million at over a $1 billion valuation. At the time, the company’s CEO talked about leveraging […]
The humble convenience store seems next on the list for food disruption, if by disruption you mean organic smoothies and an onsite wine cellar. Those things and much more are […]
Cell-based meat is about to get another big shot in the arm. Yesterday the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore announced the RIE2020 plan, which will allocate S$724 million ($535 million) to […]
With delivery, it’s easy to forget there are human beings behind the food you just ordered with the push of a button. DoorDash wants to change that by reminding us […]
Winnow this week announced the launch of its new Winnow Vision product, which combines computer vision, a weight scale and AI to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste. From the […]
If you want to see the future of robots, go to college. I don’t mean become a student and take classes, I mean just literally head to a college campus […]
As I’ve confessed before, there are two food tech-related things I absolutely adore: Beyond Burgers and my June oven. Now, thanks to a software update earlier this week, those two […]
We like to point out cool things here at The Spoon. Things like this video Markov posted awhile back, showing how it’s Level oven can “steer” heat, essentially cooking two […]
Imagine being able to vote on your school cafeteria’s lunch options each week. Even in the ’80s, I doubt many of us would have chosen soggy fries and cardboard-like pizza. […]
Famed startup accelerator Y Combinator just announced the 23 companies joining its newest YC Winer 2019 batch. Among them is Shiok Meats, a Singapore-based startup developing cell-based crab and shrimp, and […]
