In DoorDash We Trust?
It’s our weekly restaurant tech news wrapup! Food delivery aggregators: love ‘em or hate ‘em, few would at this point deny that restaurants need them right now. Maybe that’s not […]
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Food Tech News: Tik Tok Creator’s Menu and Biodegradable Bacardi Bottles
Happy Halloween! This year’s holiday will certainly look different, but I know I will be checking out the full moon, making my own chocolate peanut butter cups, and watching The […]
Food Tech News: Bee-Free Honey, Menu Items With Low Carbon Footprints
It was an exciting week in food tech with the annual SKS Summit happening earlier this week (if you missed it, check out the highlights of day one, day two, […]
Uber Eats’ Revamped App Aims to Make Restaurant Discoverability Easier
Uber Eats today unveiled a newly revamped app and website the delivery service says will improve restaurant discoverability. According to a company blog post, this digital makeover will roll out […]
Kroger Partners With ClusterTruck for In-Store Ghost Kitchens
Grocery mega-retailer Kroger announced today it is launching ghost kitchens at two of its Kroger retail stores. The kitchens will be done in partnership with delivery-only restaurant service ClusterTruck and […]
Starship Robots Now Delivering Groceries for Save Mart in Modesto, CA
Save Mart announced today that it it is now using Starship’s sidewalk robots for grocery delivery in Modesto, CA. This is the first grocery partnership for Starship in the U.S. […]
Delivery Hero Heads to Japan via Its foodpanda Service
Slow down, Delivery Hero, I can’t keep up with all your news this week. On the heels of multiple other announcements, the Berlin, Germany-based third-party delivery service said at the […]
Ghost Kitchen Network Virtual Kitchen Raises $20M
Virtual Kitchen, a company founded by two ex-Uber executives, has raised $20 million in new funding, according to a filing with the SEC (h/t Restaurant Dive). The round was led […]
El Pollo Loco Revamps Digital Rewards, Launches GPS-Enables Curbside Pickup
Hopping onboard two major trends in the increasingly digital restaurant biz, chicken chain El Pollo Loco this week announced it is finally launching curbside pickup and a nationwide rewards program […]
Contactless 2.0 is Here for Restaurants and Grocers
This is the web version of our weekly newsletter. Subscribe and get all the best food tech news delivered directly to your inbox! At the start of the year, the […]
Food Tech News: The Great Vending Machine Bug-Out, Food Tech Lawsuits Galore
We may be all-in on next-gen vending machines here at The Spoon, but does that mindset apply to those currently dispensing edible tarantula in a can? Read on to decide […]
Report: DoorDash May Go Public in 2020 Amid Broader Delivery Consolidation
DoorDash could file for an IPO as soon as the fourth quarter of 2020, according to “sources familiar with the matter” who spoke to Bloomberg. The third-party delivery company is […]
