Newsletter: The Road to CES and Plant-Based Meat Mania
Happy Friday, It’s all hands on deck here at the Spoon as we prepare for CES. Our comfortable walking shoes are packed, our schedules are taking shape, and our Criss Angel […]
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DoorDash Is Testing Self-Driving Cars in San Francisco
Third-party delivery service DoorDash just announced it has partnered with General Motors’ Cruise Automation to test autonomous vehicles in San Francisco. Cruise has been testing its autonomous vehicles in San […]
Omnivore Raises $10M in Series A for Its Restaurant POS Platform
POS-integration platform Omnivore Technologies announced today that it has raised $10 million in a Series A round. The round was led by The Coca-Cola Company and Performance Food Group with […]
Spoon Newsletter: LG’s HomeBrew Appliance, Spinn Update, World’s First Cell-Grown Steak
This is the post version of our weekly newsletter. If you’d like to get the weekly Spoon in your inbox, you can subscribe here. When it comes to smart kitchen startups, there […]
Waitr to Acquire Bite Squad for $321.3M
Online delivery platform Waitr has announced plans to acquire third-party delivery service Bite Squad for $321.3 million. The purchase price is a mix of cash and shares of common stock […]
Ordrslip and Square Team Up to Help Small Restaurants Go Mobile
Today Ordrslip, a company which powers mobile apps for restaurants, announced a new partnership with Square meant to help smaller businesses develop their mobile strategies. As of November 1, restaurants […]
Grubhub Goes Back to School With $150M Tapingo Acquisition
Yesterday, Grubhub announced an agreement to acquire Tapingo, whose platform enables college students to order ahead at on-campus restaurants, cafes, and dining halls. The acquisition is for $150 million, according […]
FoodTech Highlights From the 2018 National Restaurant Association Show
Besides axe throwing skills, which was apparently an activity on the exhibition floor, there’s plenty worth showing off at this year’s National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, which kicked off […]
Uber Eats Gobbles Up POS Integration With orderTalk Acquisition
Ever gone neck and neck with another car down the road for several miles only to suddenly have them speed up and leave you in a cloud of freeway dust? […]
As Online Grocery Sales Flatten Post-Pandemic, Shoppers Lock In on Pick-Up as Preferred Method
As the world continues to normalize and behaviors regress to the mean post-pandemic, online grocery shopping is no different. According to a new report from online grocery research firm Bricks […]
Here Here Market Wants to Connect Chefs and Food Artisans Directly With Consumers
During the pandemic, chefs cut off from serving dine-in customers needed to find a way to pay the bills. One obvious way was through third-party food delivery, but that often […]
Food Robot Roundup: Beewise Comes to the Rescue, Banana-Peeling Robot
Welcome to the food robot roundup, where we look at some of the most interesting stories in food robotics from the last couple of weeks. Last month, Beewise, a robotic […]
