MicroSalt Reformulates Salt So You Use Less of It
It’s not until you start reading food labels that you realize just how much salt is in what we eat. It’s everywhere! MicroSalt aims to reduce the amount of salt […]
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What Shape Will Food Robots Take?
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Spain’s Glovo Lands €450M to Expand Its Dark Convenience Store Delivery Business
Delivery service Glovo announced today it has raised €450 million (~$528 million USD) in Series F funding. The round was led by Lugard Road Capital and the Luxor Capital Group, […]
Takeoff Technologies to Have 40 Automated Fulfillment Centers Operating This Year
Takeoff Technologies launched its first grocery automated fulfillment center in the fall of 2018. Needless to say, a lot has happened in the grocery space since then, including a global […]
Nemi Makes Sustainable Snacks From Drought-Tolerant Cactus
Globally, 70% of the world’s available freshwater is used for agriculture, but due to population growth, two-thirds of the world’s population could be living in water-stressed conditions. One solution to […]
‘Premium’ Cultured Meat Company Orbillion Bio Joins Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 Class
Startup accelerator Y Combinator has made its first investment in a cultured meat company with the addition of Orbillion Bio to the Winter 2021 cohort. Prior to joining YC, Orbillion participated […]
Cashierless Checkout Startup Imagr Expanding into Europe, Says Pilots Cost €65,000
New Zealand-based startup, Imagr announced today that it is expanding its cashierless checkout services into Europe and opening an office in Amsterdam, The Netherlands next month. Imagr is part of […]
Video: Alex Canter on the Evolution of Restaurant Tech Before, During, and After the Pandemic
Among the things in the restaurant industry COVID-19 changed forever, businesses’ relationship to technology is a big one. Historically, many restaurants have been slow to adopt much, if any, technology […]
Kroger “Soft Opens” First Ocado-Powered Automated Warehouse
Kroger has “soft opened” the first of its Ocado-powered automated Customer Fulfillment Centers in Monroe, Ohio, Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said during an earnings call this week. According to Dayton […]
Online Grocer Cropswap Launches New Feature to Help Food Insecure Families
“Farm-to-phone” grocery platform Cropswap today announced a partnership with Nourish LA to bring healthier food donations to underserved residents of Los Angeles. Food insecurity, which the USDA defines as “the […]
Amazon Expanding it Palm Pay System to More Amazon Stores in the Seattle Area
Amazon said today via an email to The Spoon that it is bringing its Amazon One pay-with-your-palm biometric identification and payment system to an additional three physical retail locations in […]
Plenty Expands to More Stores in Northern California, Launches Text-a-Farmer Feature
Vertical farming company Plenty today announced an expansion to 17 more Safeway stores across Northern California, as well as a new tech feature that lets shoppers text Plenty’s farmers directly. […]
