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Every week we track business, tech and investment trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking and health so you don’t have to. Here are some of this week’s top headlines.
In search of efficiency and healthier food options, Sweetgreen has turned to robots to operate its salad line. Bloomberg reports that the company’s “infinite kitchen” is pushing the limits of food service automation, though still requires human assistance. Meanwhile, Forbes enters the captivating world of Stewart and Linda Resnick’s Wonderful Company, exposing their billionaire bee empire. As pollinators of one-third of Americans’ food, Resnick’s extraordinary effort involves the lucrative logistics of renting out its 80,000 hives.
In other news, we just wrapped the first season of our podcast in partnership with AgFunder: New Food Order, a nuanced investigation into the business of tackling our climate and social crises through food and agriculture. Read all about why we launched the podcast, And be sure to subscribe and share!
The production of our newsletter takes a lot of time and resources. Make a one time or monthly contribution to help us keep it going. Whether it’s $5 or $500, every bit helps and shows us that you value our work.
The “infinite kitchen” still requires human assistance, but it’s a big step beyond other recent attempts at food-service automation.
Stewart and Linda Resnick’s Wonderful Company is one of the bee farms responsible for pollinating one-third of Americans’ food. But the real buzz is how they hire them.
Obama wants to give kids something healthier than soda, but some critics say that’s not enough.
The startup develops an all-in-one restaurant management software that includes accounting, analytics, staff and inventory management. It is currently used in some 40k locations.
The QSR chain said it is the first company to partner with hyperlogistics company Pipedream to build the system, which uses robot couriers to deliver orders from kitchens to designated parking spots.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has entered into an important partnership with Air Protein, an innovator in air-based nutritional protein production that negates the need for agriculture or ranching and creates a revenue stream for captured C02.
Lever VC announced the release of its internal playbook for benchmarking the scientific progress of farmed meat and cell-based dairy startups.
NASA asked companies to develop the next generation of space food. What have they brought here?
The grocer’s latest podcast episode takes a look at why it’s exclusively a brick-and-mortar business — and why it intends to stay that way.
Image credit: Restaurant Business News
Every week we track business, tech and investment trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking and health so you don’t have to. Here are some of this week’s top headlines.
In search of efficiency and healthier food options, Sweetgreen has turned to robots to operate its salad line. Bloomberg reports that the company’s “infinite kitchen” is pushing the limits of food service automation, though still requires human assistance. Meanwhile, Forbes enters the captivating world of Stewart and Linda Resnick’s Wonderful Company, exposing their billionaire bee empire. As pollinators of one-third of Americans’ food, Resnick’s extraordinary effort involves the lucrative logistics of renting out its 80,000 hives.
In other news, we just wrapped the first season of our podcast in partnership with AgFunder: New Food Order, a nuanced investigation into the business of tackling our climate and social crises through food and agriculture. Read all about why we launched the podcast, And be sure to subscribe and share!
The production of our newsletter takes a lot of time and resources. Make a one time or monthly contribution to help us keep it going. Whether it’s $5 or $500, every bit helps and shows us that you value our work.
The “infinite kitchen” still requires human assistance, but it’s a big step beyond other recent attempts at food-service automation.
Stewart and Linda Resnick’s Wonderful Company is one of the bee farms responsible for pollinating one-third of Americans’ food. But the real buzz is how they hire them.
Obama wants to give kids something healthier than soda, but some critics say that’s not enough.
The startup develops an all-in-one restaurant management software that includes accounting, analytics, staff and inventory management. It is currently used in some 40k locations.
The QSR chain said it is the first company to partner with hyperlogistics company Pipedream to build the system, which uses robot couriers to deliver orders from kitchens to designated parking spots.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has entered into an important partnership with Air Protein, an innovator in air-based nutritional protein production that negates the need for agriculture or ranching and creates a revenue stream for captured C02.
Lever VC announced the release of its internal playbook for benchmarking the scientific progress of farmed meat and cell-based dairy startups.
NASA asked companies to develop the next generation of space food. What have they brought here?
The grocer’s latest podcast episode takes a look at why it’s exclusively a brick-and-mortar business — and why it intends to stay that way.
