Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Is the Latest Chain to Embrace Direct Delivery
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf announced today via press release the launch of its newly redesigned mobile app. Among updates to the UX and improvements to the chain’s digital […]
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Coca-Cola Adapts Digital Marketing to Our New Pandemic Normal
In the abstract, it’s easy to know that the pandemic is affecting everything. But it’s when you get down to the nitty-gritty practical level that you fully understand just how […]
Is Your Restaurant Ready for Ghost Kitchens?
Ghost kitchens. You’ve heard about them nonstop since the pandemic overturned the foodservice industry and forced almost every restaurant in the country to go off-premises. And with the fate of […]
No Summer Slump for Food Tech
This is the web version of our weekly Spoon newsletter. Subscribe today to get all the best food tech news delivered directly to your inbox! With vacations not really possible […]
Black Box Intelligence: Full-Service Restaurant Sales Slumping, Off-Premises Still on the Rise
As the number of COVID-19 cases spikes in multiple states, full-service restaurant recovery has slowed, according to new data from Black Box Intelligence in a story by Nation’s Restaurant News. […]
QCify Goes 3D for Quality Control and Fair Pricing in the Food Supply Chain
As the economy is barraged daily by some kind of pandemic-related bad news, many businesses remain closed (or serving far fewer customers), job losses continue to pile up and people […]
The Spoon Plus Guide to Ghost Kitchens
When 2020 began, the ghost kitchen topic poised to be one of the “it” trends to watch over the coming 12 months. Venture capital was pouring into the space, virtual […]
PlantLab Nabs €20M to Open New Vertical Farming Locations
PlantLab, a vertical farming company based in The Netherlands, has raised €20 million (~$23,171 USD) in growth capital to scale up its high-tech indoor farming operations and expand to new […]
Uber Eats’ New Pilot Offers Commission-Free Orders for Restaurants, with a Catch
Today, Uber Eats launched a pilot program that lets its restaurant parters accept pickup and delivery orders directly through their own websites with no added commission fee for the rest […]
How Will the Pandemic Change Restaurant Tech? The Most Recent Shutdowns Give Us a Clue
One topic we’ve batted around ad nauseam since this pandemic started is the changing role of restaurant tech amid the shutdowns, reopenings, and the second round of closures. At this […]
Wilder Fields Turns an Abandoned Target in Chicago Into a Vertical Farm
A large space in Chicago that formerly housed a Target but has been sitting empty for five years will get a new life growing greens, thanks to a vertical farming […]
Restaurant Tech Companies React to Restaurants Shutting Down Again
In case you hadn’t heard (but you totally heard), restaurant dining rooms are closing up shop again. Whether it’s states mandating the closures (California), chains delaying their openings (McDonald’s), or […]
