Will Grocery Delivery Become the Next Utility?
When was the last time you went grocery shopping? Prior to the pandemic, chances are good that you made a few trips per week to the store – a weekly […]
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Ghost Kitchens! Fee Caps! Igloos! Tracking the Restaurant Biz’s Changes Over the Last 12 Months
For the majority of restaurants around the U.S., last week marked the one-year anniversary since stay-at-home mandates initially forced dining rooms to close down. What’s followed has been 12 months […]
Online Grocery Weee! Raises $315M Series D Round
Weee!, an online grocer with a focus on Asian and Hispanic communities, announced today that it has raised a $315 million Series D round of funding. The round was led […]
Mezli Building a New Robo-Restaurant in a Shipping Container
Shipping containers area already being used to make hip residential homes, and in the not too distant future, you’ll see them pop up as fully automated robo-restaurants, too. Mezli is […]
Online Grocer Cropswap Launches New Feature to Help Food Insecure Families
“Farm-to-phone” grocery platform Cropswap today announced a partnership with Nourish LA to bring healthier food donations to underserved residents of Los Angeles. Food insecurity, which the USDA defines as “the […]
Wefarm Raises $11M to Expand Its Knowledge-Sharing Platform for Small-Scale Farmers
U.K.-based Wefarm announced today it has raised $11 million in Series A funding for its knowledge-sharing platform for small-scale farmers. The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from […]
Refraction AI Raises $4.2M for its Three-Wheeled Robot Delivery
Robot delivery company Refraction AI announced today that it has raised $4.2 million in new seed funding. The round was led by Pillar VC, with participation from eLab Ventures, Osage […]
Will Foodtech’s Funding Streak Continue in 2021? (Looks Like it!)
This is the web version of our weekly newsletter. Subscribe today to get all the best food tech news delivered directly to your inbox! Thirty-one billion dollars was invested in […]
Traeger Launches Apple Watch App to Monitor and Control Your Grilling
Traeger Grills announced this week the launch of its first Apple Watch app, which allows users to both monitor and control the cooking on its WiFire compatible connected grills. In […]
Instacart and Walgreens Launching Same Day Delivery Nationwide
Drug store chain Walgreens announced today that it is partnering with Instacart to roll out same-day delivery service across the U.S. According to the announcement, tens of thousands of Walgreen’s […]
Suvie Debuts Second Generation Countertop ‘Cooking Robot’
Suvie, a maker of smart automated cooking appliances for the home, has debuted its second generation appliance, the eponymous Suvie 2.0. So what’s different about the first and second generation […]
Ahold Delhaize Launching Automated Fulfillment Center in Philadelphia
Ahold Delhaize announced today that it is building out an automated fulfillment center in Philadelphia (hat tip to Winsight Grocery Business). When completed, this facility will be able to fulfill […]
