Verve Motion Hauls in $15M for its Exosuit, Which Ahold Delhaize Piloted
For workers who spend their days moving heavy things, the refrain “lift with your legs and not with your back,” could soon become “lift with your legs while wearing the […]
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Report: Instacart Looking to Add Automated Grocery Fulfillment
According to a story out in Bloomberg today, Instacart is looking to create automated fulfillment centers, which would use robots to assemble grocery orders. These fulfillment centers would either be […]
DoorDash Now Delivering Groceries and Other Goods from Rite Aid
DoorDash today announced a partnership with drug store giant Rite Aid to offer same-day delivery for a wide range of home and food essential items. Delivery is available starting today […]
Mercato Raises $26M to Help Indie Grocers Sell Online
Mercato, an online platform that helps smaller groceries establish e-commerce stores, has raised a $26 million Series A round of funding. TechCrunch was first to report the news today, writing […]
Food Tech Show Live: Dark Kitchens, Dark Grocery
The Spoon team got together on Clubhouse on Friday to talk about the biggest stories of the week. Our special guest was Veronica Fil, the CEO of Grounded Foods. The […]
Google and Albertsons Partner for Shoppable Maps, Predictive Grocery Lists and More
Google and Albertsons announced a wide-ranging, multi-year partnership today that will see a range of high-tech features added to consumer grocery shopping across more than 2,200 Albertsons stores. According to […]
Manna Now Doing 50 – 100 Drone Deliveries Per Day in Galway, Ireland
It’s fitting that on this St. Patrick’s Day, we check in with Irish drone delivery startup, Manna, which is beginning to take off. The company is now doing between 50 […]
Stor.ai Raises $21M for its Grocery Digital Commerce Software
Stor.ai (formerly Self Point), announced today that it has raised $21 million in an extended Series A round of funding. The round was led by Meitav Dash and Mizrahi Tefahot, […]
Kroger “Soft Opens” First Ocado-Powered Automated Warehouse
Kroger has “soft opened” the first of its Ocado-powered automated Customer Fulfillment Centers in Monroe, Ohio, Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said during an earnings call this week. According to Dayton […]
Albertsons Partners with Tortoise for Remote Controlled Robot Delivery
Grocery giant Albertsons announced today that it has partnered with Tortoise to pilot remote-controlled robot grocery delivery at two Safeway stores in Northern California. Tortoise is a little different from […]
Urbx’ Vertical Automated Grocery Fulfillment has High Ambitions
As they come to market, automated grocery fulfillment solutions are taking a number of different shapes. Companies like Takeoff Technologies and Dematic are building them into the backs of existing […]
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 […]
