Tag: in-store retail & restaurant tech

As Minneapolis tries to ban drive-thrus, McDonald’s tries to automate them

September 12, 2019

Using different languages to order your food could soon become a moot point at McDonald’s drive-thrus, with the company's acquisition of Apprente — a two-year-old startup that's been making impressive strides in voice recognition software.

Founder of abillionveg, the ‘Yelp for Vegans,’ says APAC is where the money’s at

August 28, 2019

The Yelp for vegans is here. And it has $2.6m in its pocket. abillionveg is on a mission to capture $1bn in animal welfare causes and one billion users.

Silicon Valley is bullish about food delivery robots, but cities and consumers aren’t 100% sold…yet

August 20, 2019

Robotics startup Starship Technologies closed a $40 million venture round for its cooler-sized delivery robots but some cities are cracking down on autonomous robot testing amid consumer safety concerns.

Do consumers actually want restaurant tech?

August 20, 2019

A new study exploring consumer attitudes towards restaurant technology revealed that some see it as a quick marketing gig while others expect restaurants to adopt new digital tools.

Eatsa is dead; long live Brightloom! (And its leading robotic retail & software as a service)

August 1, 2019

There was something of a Mark Twain twang about investigating the curious disappearance of Eatsa, a partly-automated healthy fast-food chain where robots rustled up nutritious bowls of quinoa, writes Richard Martyn-Hemphill

Robo-Made Octopus Balls Are Go! Japan’s Connected Robotics Raises $7.8m Series A

July 11, 2019

Japan’s Connected Robotics first made waves in Tokyo’s food tech space with its ballsy launch of OctoChef, a robot that serves hot octopus balls, and now it's adding to its portfolio with an ice cream-making bear, and breakfast in bed robot.

Agri-FoodTech News in Europe: $178m in Venture Funding this Week

June 27, 2019

Catch up on the latest funding activity for European foodtech and agtech startups.

At Cafe X, Robot Baristas are Grinding Down the Competition

April 29, 2019

Cafe X, a runner-up in the recent AgriFood Innovation Awards, remained tight-lipped about where it plans to open new cafes but is focusing on research & development to stay ahead of the competition.

Top 20 Retail & Restaurant Tech Startups in 2018

April 10, 2019

Retail and restaurant tech is a category of agrifood tech startups encompassing technologies and services aimed at making retail food businesses more profitable as well as improving shopper experience at the supermarket, in restaurants and other brick & mortar stores.

Can Restaurant Tech Help Industry Compete with Food E-Commerce? POS Startup Toast Says Yes.

April 3, 2019

With food delivery startups becoming more popular than ever, restaurants are turning to technologies like food-focused POS systems to keep pace with the rapidly rising digital tide.

Washington State’s Plastic Waste Legislation Presents Opportunity for Packaging Alternative Startups

February 25, 2019

Washington State lawmakers are considering a hardline measure that would force companies to take responsibility for plastic waste or forgo using it at all.

Founder of Agtech’s First Unicorn David Friedberg Reveals Investment Portfolio of The Production Board

February 21, 2019

You may have seen The Production Board crop up on a few agrifood tech investments, but there's little publicly-available information about the investment holding company founded by David Friedberg. Until now.

Restaurants Can Earn $7 for Every $1 They Invest in Fighting Food Waste – new report

February 13, 2019

The US restaurant industry alone is responsible for more than 11 million tons of food waste each year, or $25 billion worth of food, and Valentine's Day is one of the industry's biggest nights of the year.

Coca-Cola Leads $10m Series A for Restaurant Data Tech Startup

December 19, 2018

Omnivore offers a universal point-of-sale connectivity platform that allows hundreds of third-party technologies to integrate seamlessly. It calls itself the "industry standard for POS integration."

A European View: Real Potential at Startupbootcamp FoodTech Demo Day in Paris

December 4, 2018

We’re talking early stage, but there was real quality in the room, writes Johan Jorgensen from Sweden FoodTech.

Mimica is Creating Alternative Food Labels for Consumers to Feel When Food Has Expired

October 24, 2018

Solveiga Pakštaitė is founder and director of Mimica, a food labeling technology startup that recently won the People’s Choice Award at Rabobank’s startup pitch event FoodBytes! in London. We caught up with her to find out more about how she created the technology and how it will be deployed.

Wasteless Raises $2m Series A for In-Store Retail Tech Reducing Food Waste

October 10, 2018

Founded in June 2016, Wasteless has developed a proprietary dynamic pricing algorithm for products with a limited expiration date, allowing retailers to create and display discount prices across the demand curve.

China’s Tech Giants Drive $1.8bn Investment in Chinese AgriFood Startups – new report!

September 25, 2018

The fledgling startup industry looks different to other global markets with the vast majority of innovation and investment ($1.7 billion) taking place downstream; but China’s agrifood startup scene has something the US market does not.

Ag Industry Brief: Barilla Launches Venture Fund, Inventory Robots Are Coming to Walmart, Whole Foods Gets New Boss, more

November 17, 2017

Barilla, the family-owned company best known for its signature blue pasta box, announced a new food-focused venture fund and accelerator called Blu1877, plus more in our weekly brief.

Robot-Enabled Pizza Startup Raises $48m Series B Bucking Decline in Restaurant Tech

October 11, 2017

Zume is one of just a few startups creating solutions for restaurants to use in-house compared with the rest of the agrifood tech sector, but could the tide by changing as high profile investors come into the space?

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Tag: in-store retail & restaurant tech

As Minneapolis tries to ban drive-thrus, McDonald’s tries to automate them

Founder of abillionveg, the ‘Yelp for Vegans,’ says APAC is where the money’s at

Silicon Valley is bullish about food delivery robots, but cities and consumers aren’t 100% sold…yet

Do consumers actually want restaurant tech?

Eatsa is dead; long live Brightloom! (And its leading robotic retail & software as a service)

Robo-Made Octopus Balls Are Go! Japan’s Connected Robotics Raises $7.8m Series A

Agri-FoodTech News in Europe: $178m in Venture Funding this Week

At Cafe X, Robot Baristas are Grinding Down the Competition

Top 20 Retail & Restaurant Tech Startups in 2018

Can Restaurant Tech Help Industry Compete with Food E-Commerce? POS Startup Toast Says Yes.

Washington State’s Plastic Waste Legislation Presents Opportunity for Packaging Alternative Startups

Founder of Agtech’s First Unicorn David Friedberg Reveals Investment Portfolio of The Production Board

Restaurants Can Earn $7 for Every $1 They Invest in Fighting Food Waste – new report

Coca-Cola Leads $10m Series A for Restaurant Data Tech Startup

A European View: Real Potential at Startupbootcamp FoodTech Demo Day in Paris

Mimica is Creating Alternative Food Labels for Consumers to Feel When Food Has Expired

Wasteless Raises $2m Series A for In-Store Retail Tech Reducing Food Waste

China’s Tech Giants Drive $1.8bn Investment in Chinese AgriFood Startups – new report!

Ag Industry Brief: Barilla Launches Venture Fund, Inventory Robots Are Coming to Walmart, Whole Foods Gets New Boss, more

Robot-Enabled Pizza Startup Raises $48m Series B Bucking Decline in Restaurant Tech

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