Sam’s Club and Instacart Expand Same-Day Delivery Nationally
Warehouse chain Sam’s Club announced today that it is expanding its partnership with Instacart to bring same day delivery to more than half of all Sam’s Clubs across the country […]
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Instacart Bags Another $600 Million in a Bid to Be Your Grocery Delivery Service
Grocery delivery startup Instacart announced today that it has raised another $600 million in a new funding round led by D1 Capital Partners. According to Crunchbase, this brings the total amount of […]
Afresh Uses AI to Optimize Fresh Food Stocking and Cut Grocery Waste
For brick-and-mortar grocery stores, fresh food is a double-edged sword. It’s one of the main reasons that customers still prefer food shopping in physical stores instead of online, but it […]
Which Smart Appliances Will Survive the Kitchen Countertopacolypse?
You could see the growth of our Smart Kitchen Summit this year just by looking at the sponsor section. Back in 2015, the sponsor area was a few tabletops scattered […]
Uber Eyes Grocery Delivery, but Is It Too Late? (Maybe Not, Think: Jump)
In a move that should surprise no one, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowashahi said that it makes sense for his company to make the move into the grocery delivery space. Speaking at […]
Cuisinart Teams up with Buzzfeed’s Tasty One Top Cooktop
It looks like Cuisinart has partnered with BuzzFeed for a branded version of the Tasty cooktop. We don’t have all the details at this point, but an advertisement in the […]
DoorDash Wants to do Last-Mile Logistics for Everything, Not Just Food
To say that the food delivery market is heating up would be an understatement. It’s already red-hot, and competitors are using every tool in their toolbox — self-driving robots, drones, […]
Amazon Boosts Minimum Wage to $15, Will it Have a Halo Effect on its Grocery Business?
Amazon announced today that it is raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all of its full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal employees, including workers at Whole Foods. In […]
Food Tech News: Dairy Blockchain, ReGrained’s Raise, and Chocolate Cabins
For many of us, this week has been stressful, draining, and/or discouraging. And while just because the weekend is here doesn’t mean you can escape from the news (though you can press […]
The Spoon Newsletter: A New PicoBrew Competitor & The Meal Kit Holy Grail
This is the post version of our weekly (twice-weekly, actually) newsletter. If you’d like to get the weekly Spoon in your inbox, you can subscribe here. You’ve successfully navigated through the first […]
Amazon 4-Star Store is Kinda Like a Wirecutter in Real Life
Amazon announced today that it is opening an Amazon 4-star tomorrow in New York City (h/t Geekwire). The concept of the new physical store is that it only stocks products […]
Nomsly, Red Apple, Wise Apple All Shut Down. What can Save Kids’ Meal Kits?
Around this time last year, The Spoon published numerous posts about the possibilities of kid-centric meal kits. Typically these were simplified versions of the meal kit that offered healthy takes […]
