With McDonald’s Dynamic Yield Deal, is the Era of Personalized Menus Upon Us?
Let’s face it, menus are pretty boring. Go into almost any restaurant — fast food, fast casual or that fancy place you take mom once a year — and what you […]
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McDonald’s Acquires Dynamic Yield to Make Menus More Netflix-y
McDonald’s announced today that it has acquired personalization platform Dynamic Yield to make the fast food giant’s menus more technologically dynamic. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but sources […]
Bright Cellars Raises $8.5M Series A for Personalized Wine Delivery Service
Unless you’re a sommelier, figuring out which wine to buy at the grocery store (red? white? rose? sparkling? orange?) can be more of a random choice than anything else. Milwaukee-based startup […]
Alltown Fresh is Revamping the Convenience Store with Kombucha and Avocado Toast
Pull into any gas station to fill up and grab a snack, and chances are your options will be potato chips, sugary sodas, and one of those hot dogs shriveling […]
McCormick and IBM are Using AI to Develop Better-Tasting Spices
Today spice giant McCormick announced that it is partnering with IBM to create a research coalition to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve flavor and food product development. According […]
CES 2019 Video: Lumen Gives You Personalized Diet Plans with One Breath
There are a bunch of companies offering personalized gadgets at CES this week, from smart mirrors to color-changing jewelry to toilets (for real). But Israeli startup Lumen is applying personalization to what’s going on inside […]
CES 2019: Levo Lets You Make Your Own Infusions, Even with CBD
You know you’re in a fancy eating establishment when they start throwing the word “infused” around. Thyme-infused butter. Rosemary-infused coconut oil. You get the picture. If you’ve wanted to concoct […]
Newsletter: Food Tech is Going Big Time in 2019
My dad is buying a June Oven. Normally, I wouldn’t foist the day-to-day tech purchases of the Albrecht family on our Spoon readers, but it occurred to me that this […]
Amazon Patents Personalized Restaurant Suggestions. Could a Reservation Platform be Next?
Every year in the run-up to Mother’s Day, I usually remember – often too late – to make a reservation at a nice restaurant to take my children’s mom (who […]
Three CEOs on How Tech is Transforming the Restaurant Experience
When the famed L.A. institution Canter’s Deli opened an outpost in the first Kitchen United (KU) location, the first visitors were two elderly ladies. They had read about the new […]
Video: Tyler Florence Advocates for “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” Cooking through Tech
Last year at the Smart Kitchen Summit, chef Tyler Florence made waves when he proclaimed that “the recipe is dead.” This year he returned to the SKS stage for a […]
Analytical Flavor Systems Raises $4M for its AI-Powered Flavor Prediction Platform
Analytical Flavor Systems (AFS), which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help companies predict and personalize flavor for new food products, announced today that it has raised $4 million in Series […]
