Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
Instant Pot, the company behind the multicooker with a rabid online fanbase, is getting into the beverage business with the release this week of the Ace Blender, which will be […]
Amazon Go opened today in Chicago, marking the company’s first cashierless convenience store outside of its hometown of Seattle. But Amazon isn’t letting its growing store chain wander off too […]
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Today Ripe Technology INC (better known as Ripe.io) announced the completion of a $2.4 million funding seed round, led by Maersk Growth. Founded in 2017, Ripe.io is working to create what […]
Greetings from the Good Food Conference in sunny Berkeley, California! While here I’ve bathed in the intoxicating enthusiasm and creativity of companies forging the future of meat. I’ve also eaten […]
If you go to lots of trade shows like me, you know it takes time for innovation to make its way from the show floor into our living rooms.
Well that’s disappointing. Today Target notified backers that the retailer has decided not to move forward with a beta of Fetch, the IoT powered replenishment platform the company introduced via […]
Kroger announced yesterday that it is expanding its same-day home grocery delivery service through a renewed partnership with Instacart. The move will make Instacart’s service available in more than 1,600 […]
Yesterday, Kroger announced a partnership with the University of Cincinnati to launch an “innovation lab” at the university’s 1819 Innovation Hub. As its name suggests, the 1819 Innovation Hub is […]
Hard to believe, but we’re just six weeks away from the Smart Kitchen Summit, our flagship industry event that brings hundreds of executives, innovators, startups and media together in Seattle’s […]
TeleSense, an agtech startup that provides wireless monitoring for grain and food production, today announced it has raised a $6.5 million Series A round of funding led by Finistere Ventures. […]
Amazon is opening is second Go store in downtown Seattle this morning. The new Go will be slightly bigger smaller (UPDATE: initial reporting on the second location was incorrect. Turns […]
