Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
At today’s jam-packed yet socially distanced COVID-19 summit, we’ve been exploring the different strategies food businesses can take to survive the sudden changes brought about by coronavirus, a stopped economy, […]
UPDATE: You can now watch all the session videos from our COVID-19 Virtual Summit here. Spoon Stories on COVID-19 and Coronavirus can be found here. Below is a list of […]
In addition to changing life as we know it, this COVID-19 pandemic has also reinforced the enormous inequalities in our society. Working from home and setting up Zoom playdates is […]
Sweetgreen today announced the launch of its Sweetgreen Impact Outpost Fund, a partnership with José Andrés’ World Kitchen Center (WCK) that aims to get more food to front-line medical workers […]
In response to a nation increasingly sheltering in place and socially distant, Walgreens announced this week that it is expanding its delivery program with Postmates to 7,000 stores nationwide. To […]
Chicago-based Wow Bao is expanding its presence across the U.S. by opening ghost kitchens inside other restaurant brands’ stores. The fast-casual chain just launched an off-premises platform that allows other […]
Welcome to the first-ever Weekly Spoon newsletter that’s entirely focused on restaurant innovation. That we chose to launch this just as a pandemic is sweeping across the globe is entirely […]
As more restaurants are forced to pivot to off-premises models in the fight to stay alive, it seems more tech companies are coming to market with hardware and/or software meant […]
The ability for folks over the age of 60 to get groceries is a big concern during this pandemic. Stores are creating special shopping hours for the elderly, I’m Instacarting […]
Despite dining rooms being closed and delivery being one of the few sales channels on which restaurants can rely, the numbers are down as far as third-party platforms like Grubhub […]
Pre-pandemic, ghost kitchens looked to be the “it” trend of 2020. So you would think a global health crisis that’s forced dining room closures around the world and seemingly increased […]
Delivery orchestration platform Bringg today announced a new product meant to help smaller restaurants, grocers, and convenience stores scale and manage their delivery operations. Called BringgNow, the product was slated […]
