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As a director of concept for a large restaurant / bakery-cafe chain, it’s my job to follow trends. In 2013, boutique health trends like gluten-free, fermentation and paleo ga[...]
Food and the holidays go hand in hand. From turkey and stuffing to latkes, roasts and innumerable holiday parties, ’tis the season to be devouring. At this most food-centric [...]
One theme that dominated food tech startup news throughout the month was the notion of same-day delivery and solving the problem of the last mile.[...]
From Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine, a bevy of budding restauranteurs and food entrepreneurs have caught the food truck bug. Rather than pouring their savings into brick-and-m[...]
Investments continue to pour into startups tackling healthy eating and meal subscriptions. Last month, Real Food Works, a healthy meal delivery startup, announced it had raised $17[...]
This monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem – digital content, social, local, mob[...]
The restaurant industry has typically focused on executing menu consistency and promotion to get customers in the door. Though it is plausibly the most important piece of their bus[...]
Four months ago, we hosted Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, a hackathon that brought together 250 food industry leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists and creatives to develop hardware [...]
As consumer technology adoption grows, restaurants are trying to figure if and how they should integrate it into their operations. From payment products that aim to boost check ave[...]
A little over three months ago, we hosted Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, a hackathon that brought together 250 food industry leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists and creatives to d[...]
Many of you have probably heard about the pending doom of inflated food prices. You may have caught a blip or two on the television or seen a headline in the money section of the n[...]
As credit card processing fees eat up an increasing amount of restaurant profits and customer acceptance of restaurant technology grows, the industry has begun embracing mobile pay[...]
More than just the quality of food or level of service, restaurant survival is about dollars and cents at the end of the day. While the commonly quoted 90 percent failure rate is a[...]
The daily tasks of operating a food retail business or restaurant can be daunting, even for the most efficient multi-taskers. Too often, startups and legacy operators find themsel[...]
From throwing away your spoiled vegetables to restaurant kitchen scraps, food is the largest single contributor to municipal solid waste in the US, at more than 36 million tons a y[...]
From payments to ordering to engagement, the restaurant industry is seeing its fair share of food tech innovation. Much of the innovation seems to be targeted towards large chains [...]
The value proposition for dining out is changing. Restaurants have always been in the business of providing a product (food) and a service (waiting on the customer) that you can[...]
Over the years I’ve been lucky and unlucky to work at, own, develop and acquire many restaurant concepts. Some have succeeded, some have failed miserably. I’ve both been a part of [...]
Dan Carberry, Director- Concept & Product Development at Panera Bread applies the "too-big-to-fail" theory to restaurant chains.[...]
July was a busy month as four incumbents acquired companies in the Food Tech & Media space, and ten companies raised over $315 million.[...]
Is your restaurant looking to improve guest experience, capture customer data and increase engagement? According to Sweetgreen, the organic, farm-to-table salad chain, a rewards ap[...]
New digital menu platfor, Butter Systems, replaces menus with tablets, but not people with tablets.[...]
Overfishing – removing fish from the ocean at faster rates than they can reproduce – has become a huge concern in recent decades. Many of the world’s fish populat[...]
Few moves have had the potential to disrupt the entire delivery ecosystem - from grocery to restaurants to e-commerce- as the expansion of AmazonFresh.[...]
For 48 hours on June 21-23, over 250 food industry leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists and creatives convened at Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, a hackathon to develop hardware and so[...]
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