Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
Boxed, a grocery e-commerce site that specializes in selling bulk items, is going public via special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Announced today, the deal is being done via merger with […]
Refraction AI announced today that it is expanding its delivery robot service outside of Michigan and into Austin, Texas. This is the second location for Refraction’s robots, which will offer […]
DoorDash today announced the official launch of its delivery service in Japan. This is the San Francisco-based company’s first foray into the Asia market, and its third international expansion after […]
The ransomware attack that shut down meatpacking giant JBS this week should be a wake up call for every startup developing alternative proteins. The big lesson here is that food […]
Robot delivery company Starship announced today that Alastair Westgarth has been appointed the company’s new CEO, effective immediately. Prior to joining Starship, Westgarth was CEO at Alphabet’s Loon, which was […]
Instacart announced today that it is rolling out 30-minute grocery delivery in 15 of its markets across the U.S. through a number of its retail partners. The launch is part […]
Why do some alt-protein products succeed while others fizzle? According Jack Bobo, a long-time food industry consultant and author of the new book “Why Smart People Make Bad Food Choices“, […]
Instacart announced today that it is expanding its delivery partnership with 7-Eleven across the U.S. Instacart will now deliver food, household items, alcohol, snacks and more from roughly 6,000 7-Eleven […]
Kellogg’s Away From Home, a division of the CPG giant that works with foodservice operators, announced a joint pilot program with Chowbotics (now a division of DoorDash) that just debuted […]
More companies, more investments, and many more scientific breakthroughs. Those are just a few predictions for the future of alternative protein the Good Food Institute (GFI) sets out in its […]
Perhaps the old addage “It never hurts to ask” has never been more true than in the case of SAVRpak. The company announced today that it has closed a $3.5 […]
Our second ArticulATE food robotics and automation summit is just a little more than a week away, and at the risk of sounding immodest, we have put together a stellar […]
