The Weekly Spoon: Where’s My SodaStream Fridge?
Every now and then a big company makes an acquisition that makes you wonder about the possibilities.
Pepsi scooping up SodaStream is one such deal.
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How the Halal Guys Went From Smalltime Hot Dog Vendors to Fast-Casual Pioneers
There was a time in New York City when a quick meal from an authentic halal cart was hard to come by. That all changed when three Egyptian immigrants turned […]
Food Tech News Roundup: Plant-Based Starbucks, Google’s Wearable Meal Plan, and Grocery Innovation
What a week for food tech fundraising! From DoorDash’s $250 million to a hefty raise for cellular aquaculture company BlueNalu to not one, not two, but three fundraising rounds for food waste startups, […]
Food Tech News Roundup: Mushrooms, Corporate Catering, and Delivery Fee Wars
You head to the Spoon every week for the big, juicy food tech stories — ones that cover behind the scenes visits to the Beyond Meat headquarters, fundraises for robot […]
Wendy’s Just Aggressively Expanded Delivery in North America
This week Wendy’s announced it has expanded third-party delivery options in North America in what’s clearly a move to better compete with McDonald’s and other fast-food restaurants as consumers demand […]
Report: SoftBank Cooking Up Potential $750M Investment in Zume
Bloomberg reported yesterday that Softbank Group is in discussions to invest from $500 million to $750 million into Zume, the Bay Area company that uses a combination of data, robots […]
OrderOut Is Making It Easier for Restaurants to Do Third-Party Delivery
In case you’ve been hiding in a bunker these last few years, delivery is becoming the new norm where restaurants are concerned. A recent survey noted 86 percent of consumers […]
Starship Raises $25 Million to Roll Out More Delivery Robots
Starship Technologies, makers of squat, autonomous wheeled delivery robots, announced yesterday that the company has raised $25 million in additional “seed” funding. The round includes follow-on investments from existing backers […]
Kroger Buys Home Chef for $200M as Meal Kits Continue March into Grocery Stores
Kroger announced today that it’s acquiring meal kit company Home Chef for $200 million in a move that illustrates the continued transition of meal kits from a mail-order business to […]
FoodTech Highlights From the 2018 National Restaurant Association Show
Besides axe throwing skills, which was apparently an activity on the exhibition floor, there’s plenty worth showing off at this year’s National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, which kicked off […]
Kitchen United Launches to Help Restaurants Meet Delivery Demand
There is no shortage of people ordering restaurant food for delivery. And there is no shortage of services who will gladly deliver those people restaurant food. There is, evidently, a […]
Large-Scale Catering Delivery Goes On-Demand With ezCater’s New Service
For many restaurants, a catering service is a way to both raise thin profit margins and expand a customer base beyond the existing folks in the dining room. But it […]
