Instacart Takes Home Another $150 Million
Instacart, the grocery delivery startup, has raised an additional $150 million in funding. This new cash is part of its existing Series E round and in addition to the $200 […]
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Albertsons’ Grocery Digital Marketplace is All About Data
Between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, “data” has almost become a different kind of four letter word. But acting out of fear can make it easy to forget that data can […]
Sage Project Uses Adorable Graphics to Break Down Nutrition Labels
When you’re in the grocery aisle deciding which type of crackers or canned tomatoes or granola to buy, you might check the label for nutritional information. Maybe you seek out […]
Smart Kitchen News Roundup: Personalized Pints, The World’s Best Steak, & Ranch Dressing
It’s been a big week for the smart kitchen, so we’re doing a quick roundup of some of our favorite food tech news stories that we didn’t have time to […]
Do Blue Apron’s In-Store Plans Mean Death for Mail Delivery Meals?
Blue Apron will start selling meal kits in stores, in a move that isn’t just a reflection of the company’s continued troubles, but could be a bellwether for the overall […]
This Menu-Planning Service Eliminates the Stress of Deciding What’s for Dinner
Somewhere between meal kits and planning dinner from scratch sit recipe-planning apps—you still cook the food, but you don’t have to create the dish from scratch. It’s cheaper than a […]
Grocery-Packing Robots Get Funding Boost with $20M for CommonSense Robotics
We already know that robots can harvest our crops, cook us a medium-rare cheeseburger, bring us our takeout, and even make us a cappuccino (extra foam). In fact, it seems […]
Growtainers Expands with Central Market, Looks to New Crops
For just about a year now, Central Market in Dallas has tested out offering produce that was grown on-site in a Growtainer. Evidently, that partnership has gone so well that […]
What We Can Learn from H-E-B’s Acquisition of Favor Delivery
San Antonio-based H-E-B, the largest grocery chain in Texas with more than 400 stores, has acquired Austin-based Favor Delivery, a service that provides a wide-ranging menu of consumer-facing food delivery […]
One-Stop Shop Wine App Vivino Snags $20M in Funding
It’s a good day for wine lovers (and wannabe lovers) everywhere. Vivino, the world’s most downloaded wine app and largest online wine marketplace, just raised $20 million in series C funding. The latest funding […]
Aisle Ahead Buys BigOven to Assemble Shoppable Recipes
VIC LLC., announced today that it has purchased recipe app BigOven, and rebranded as Aisle Ahead. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the purchase helps Aisle Ahead become […]
No End in Sight for Innovation in the World of Food Delivery
Commerce’s path, from mall-based retail foot traffic to the ‘90s bloated iteration of digital shopping leading to Amazon’s far-reaching store-to-door tentacles, may appear to have taken a circumventurous route. The […]
