Food Tech News: Virtual Restaurant Accelerator Progam Launch, Mycelium-Based Adidas Shoes
Welcome to our weekend wrap-up of food tech news from around the web. Happy New Year! I am excited to both say goodbye to the most bizarre year of my […]
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Report: Foot Traffic to Major QSRs Down by 50 Percent from Start of Year
It’s probably not much of a shocker to learn that far fewer people are venturing inside quick service restaurants (QSRs) these days. There is, after all, a global pandemic that […]
Indoor Farming Got Big in 2020. Literally
One thing we can say about indoor farming in 2020: it grew, both in market size and investment. At the start of the year, a big part of our attention […]
‘Great Challenge Can Expose Great Opportunity’: AppHarvest’s Jonathan Webb on the Role of Indoor Ag
For AppHarvest founder and CEO Jonathan Webb, the role of the high-tech greenhouse goes far beyond providing produce to surrounding locales. Over the phone recently, he went into great detail […]
A Chat with Brick Meets Click About the Future of Online Grocery
This is the web version of our weekly newsletter. Subscribe to get all the best food tech news delivered direct to your inbox! A reoccurring question coming out of the […]
DoorDash Stock Pops Upon IPO
DoorDash’s stock got the much sought after pop after the startup IPOd on the New York Stock Exchange today. DoorDash shares were priced at $102, and started trading at $182 […]
Survey: Restaurant Industry in ‘Free Fall,’ 10,000 Closures in Three Months
The National Restaurant Association sent a letter to Congressional leadership this week sharing new survey findings on the state of the restaurant industry as it continues to navigate the pandemic. […]
Gotham Greens Raises $87M for Its High-Tech Greenhouse Network
Indoor agriculture company Gotham Greens has raised $87 million in new equity and debt capital, according to a press release from the company. The fundraise includes Gotham Greens’ recent Series […]
Requiem for the Dining Room
Welcome to our weekly restaurant tech newsletter. Sign up today to get updates on the rapidly changing nature of the food tech industry. At one point most figured it would take about […]
After Crowdfunding $2.2M and a Year Delay, Chopbox Asks for More Money
Sometimes, the hardest advice to take is your own. Every time I write about a crowdfunded hardware campaign on Kickstarter or Indiegogo I include a “buyer beware” disclaimer. These types […]
Ahold Delhaize Buys Majority Stake in FreshDirect
Dutch grocer Ahold Delhaize announced yesterday that it has bought an 80 percent stake in New York-based online grocer FreshDirect. Private equity firm Centerbridge Partners bought the remaining 20 percent. […]
PIX Moving Makes a Customizable Autonomous Chassis for Delivery
There are a variety of different autonomous vehicles of all shapes and sizes coming to market: From the cargo vans of Udelv, to the pod-like R2 from Nuro, all the […]
