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Every week we track the 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.

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1. Foxtrot Will Rise Again — Sort of: Here’s What You Need to Know – Eater

Co-founder Mike LaVitola announced plans to reopen 15 stores in Chicago, Dallas, and Austin, Texas, this summer.

2. Meati Foods Bites Into Another $100M Amid Growth to 7K Retail Locations – TechCrunch

The company makes cutlets and steaks from mycelium. The new funding comes three months after it laid off 13% of its employees.

3. ABEC Accuses GOOD Meat/Eat Just of ‘Gamesmanship’ and ‘Bad Faith’ Arguments; Says It Is Still Owed $63M – AFN

Bioreactor supplier ABEC has accused Eat Just and its cultivated meat subsidiary GOOD Meat of engaging in “the worst aspects of litigation practice in the profession” in a May 30 court filing.

4. When It Comes To Food Production, “Does It Scale?” Is Often the Wrong Question – Ensia

Evaluating radical new solutions based on whether they scale can be directly at odds with the very nature of these solutions.

5. Pairwise Develops ‘World’s First’ Seedless Blackberry Using CRISPR – FoodBev 

The breakthrough marks the first time seedlessness has been accomplished in any caneberry variety, potentially transforming the blackberry market and paving the way for advancements in other fruits.

6. Brand Bites: Restaurant to Retail – Noissue

A noissue and Snaxshot collaboration where you can find all the details about brands and products that are new, unique, and out of this world! In our first issue, we look at restaurant brands that have successfully introduced awesome products into the retail market.

7. Australia: Queensland Backs Impact VC Pollination’s $150M Fund for Climate Solution Startups – Startup Daily 

It will kick off investments later this year, in the range of $4-12m at Series A and Series B stage, offering investors a ten-year term and five-year investment period.