Basil Street Raises $10 Million for its Pizza Vending Machines
Basil Street announced today that it has raised a $10 million round of funding that will help the company begin a multi-city pilot of its pizza vending machines starting this […]
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Peapod Shutting Down Online Grocery Shopping and Delivery in the Midwest
Ahold Delhaize USA announced this week that it is shutting down the Midwest division of its Peapod online grocery business. Starting Feb 18, customers in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana will […]
Freight Farms Raises a $15M Series B Round for Its Vertical Farming Platform
Freight Farms announced today it has raised a $15 million series B round led by Ospraie Ag Science, according to a press release emailed to The Spoon. The round also […]
Egyptian Food Delivery Startup elmenus Raises $8M to Battle Uber Eats
Egypt-based online food ordering platform elmenus announced today it has raised an $8 million Series B round (via wamda). The round was led by UAE-based VC fund Global Ventures and […]
Future Food: Cultured Meat is Gaining Major $$$, and Should We Give Up on Insects?
This is the web version of our weekly Future Food newsletter. Be sure to subscribe here so you don’t miss a beat! Memphis Meats, the Berkeley-based cellular agriculture company that famously grew […]
Soft Robotics Raises $23M Series B for its Gripping Tech
Soft Robotics, which makes grippers for robots so they can handle odd-shaped and delicate items like food, announced today that it has raised a $23 million Series B round of […]
Food Tech News: Califia Farms Raises $225M, Tyson Instant Pot Kits and Corn Fiber Chocolate
After a week of frigid winds and school closures in the PNW, we at the Spoon are looking forward to a long weekend. Hopefully you have a break too. But […]
General Mills Invests in Good Catch’s $32M Series B to Expand Plant-based Seafood
Today Gathered Foods, makers of Good Catch plant-based seafood, announced it has closed a $32 million Series B round. Led by Stray Dog Capital and Rocana Ventures, other participants included […]
CES 2020: DNANudge Guides Your Grocery Shopping Based Off of Your DNA
Unless you’re a nutritionist or really adept at reading nutrition labels, it can be tricky to tell which brands of peanuts/chocolate/crackers are healthiest for you. Especially when grocery stores offer […]
Vertical Farms Will Become Key Parts of Your Grocery Store and Your Kitchen Cabinets in 2020
At this point we can expect vertical farming to play an important role in our future food system — one that goes beyond selling greens to upscale markets in gentrified […]
Is Grocery Shopping’s Future Bringing Your Own Containers? Pete and Gerry’s Is Finding Out.
A trip to the grocery store creates a trail of packaging, much of which is plastic, that is mostly destined for a dump, sometimes a recycling center, and sadly, too […]
Albertsons and Takeoff Partner for Robot-powered Grocery Micro-Fulfillment
Grocery retailer Albertsons and Takeoff Technologies announced today that they are forming a strategic partnership with a dedicated teams to “collaborate on the evolution of microfulfillment,” according to the press […]
