[ad_1] Gaeastar, a startup that makes compostable drinking cups out of clay, is officially launching its U.S. pilot with Verve Coffee on April 22nd. Verve, a Santa Cruz-based coffee chain with locations across California, will begin using Gaeastar’s coffee cups in three locations and will expand to other locations over time. The pilot launch comes…

[ad_1] You can now visit a hot bun vending machine in the metaverse. No, this isn’t a plotline from the sequel to Hot Tub Time Machine, but the next chapter in the continuing push by digital-forward restaurant chain Wow Bao to expand into the Metaverse and web3. The company, which launched its NFT program…

[ad_1] A new report published by Tillster shows that quick-service restaurant customers are increasingly opting to use restaurant-specific apps over 3rd party delivery apps. The report, which analyzed the results of a survey of over 1,000 quick-service and fast-casual diners, showed that the number of customers who used restaurant-owned ordering channels over the past…

[ad_1] Remember Flyfish Club, the Gary Vaynerchuck-affiliated dining club that made news when it announced it was planning to build the world’s first NFT restaurant? While you may not, the restaurant industry sure does. After the group raised an impressive $14 million in just weeks by selling tiered memberships via NFT, it seemed everyone started…

[ad_1] This week, a raft of news stories about an encounter with a cashier manning the checkout remotely from a distant location went viral. Dozens of shock-take articles proliferated after a Google employee named Brett Goldstein stumbled upon the remote cashier in a New York City restaurant called Sansan Chicken and proceeded to breathlessly tweet…

[ad_1] Today, the Canadian edition of the Deep Space Food Challenge announced the grand prize winner for its years-long competition to discover new solutions to feed astronauts on long-term space missions. The winner is a food production system co-developed by Canadian companies Ecoation and Maia Farms. The system, called CANGrow, grows different types of…

[ad_1] When it comes to technology and grocery shopping, one primary focus for grocery chains and technology providers in recent years has been the checkout experience. Amazon and various other technology companies have been developing platforms to enable consumers to skip the checkout counter. These platforms aim to transform the shopping experience into something…

[ad_1] Robomart, a company building a platform for self-driving retail storefronts, has announced a new organization called the Autonomous Retail Collective, a group aimed at accelerating the development of self-driving shops. The group is a mix of Robomart’s partners, including Whale Dynamic, specializing in autonomous driving systems; Avery Dennison, a supplier of RFID technology;…

[ad_1] Join us at 1 PM Pacific where we’ll be talking about the food tech stories of the week! This week, we’ll be joined by Scott Heimendinger, former founder of Sansaire and current builder of the next big idea in home knives at Seattle Ultrasonics. The live stream can be watched below. …

[ad_1] This is the online version of The Spoon Newsletter. You can subscribe to The Spoon and get deliver director to your inbox. Over the past month, we’ve seen more and more signals that AI is having a once-in-a-generation transformative impact on the food business. To note: Yum, the owner of Pizza Hut and…