Would You Rent (and Return) a Coffee Mug to Reduce Waste?
At most coffee shops, if you bring in a reusable mug you might get a 10% discount on your mocha, or just a pat on the back. But Vessel Works […]
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Want a Tricolor Crepe? This Robot From Japan Can Make You One
This week, I had a chance to visit wine country to check out what the world of fine dining is thinking about things like food robots. I was down in Napa Valley at […]
Electrolux and Karma Team up for Smart Grocery Fridge to Reduce Food Waste
Electrolux announced today that is has partnered with startup (and fellow Swedes) Karma to create a new smart refrigerator that helps grocery stores fight food waste. As my colleague Catherine […]
Cookitoo Brings Rental Kitchen Marketplace from Down Under to the Bay Area
The food community was rocked last week when Pilotworks, a startup that provided new food businesses with shared kitchen space, shut down abruptly and without warning, supposedly because they failed […]
One Year Later: We Check in with Verdical, Winner of the SKS2017 Startup Showcase
Last year indoor grow system Verdical beat our 14 other food innovation companies and took home the trophy at the 2017 Smart Kitchen Summit (SKS) Startup Showcase. CEO Andrew Deitz pitched onstage […]
Afresh Uses AI to Optimize Fresh Food Stocking and Cut Grocery Waste
For brick-and-mortar grocery stores, fresh food is a double-edged sword. It’s one of the main reasons that customers still prefer food shopping in physical stores instead of online, but it […]
Eat Your Veggies: Frecious Spreads into U.S. with Squeezable Plant-based Purées
Food companies are always looking for new ways to make healthy things taste as good as non-healthy things: pasta made of chickpeas, coffee full of vitamins, meat made out of […]
SKS 2018: Robots — the Good, the Bad, the State of Your Job
At the Smart Kitchen Summit this week, panelists talking to The Spoon’s Chris Albrecht had a lot of different thoughts on the role of robots in the food industry. They […]
SKS18: Innit Updates Shopwell App, GE Partners with SideChef and Hestan
At the Smart Kitchen Summit today, guided-cooking platform Innit announced an upgrade to its Shopwell app, which helps users discover personalized food recommendations. Michael Wolf wrote about Shopwell on the […]
Newsletter: Getting Ready for SKS and the Joule Ready is Saucy
Hey All, Chris here, As Swedish hair metal band Europe once sang, “It’s the final countdown” (nuh-nuh-NUH-nuh!) until our flagship Smart Kitchen Summit (SKS) conference happening in Seattle on Monday! […]
Hestan to Announce its Smart Cooktop Solution at Smart Kitchen Summit Next Week
Hestan Smart Cooking will publicly announce the availability of its guided cooking system for appliance manufacturers at the Smart Kitchen Summit (SKS) in Seattle next week. Until this year, using […]
From the Newsletter: Amazon 4-star, “Pizza! Pizza!” Pizza Portal, and Shake Shack!
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 […]
