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Partnership for a Healthier America's Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4, brings together industry leaders, experts and change agents to share best practices to solve some of the toughest challenges facing the industry today.
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The Future Market's concept products reveal four main themes about the future of food: experiences, personalization, sustainability and an embrace of farm technologies.
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To Win Back Consumers, Big Brands Should Invest in R&D Innovation (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6585315154&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
Big CPG companies innovate by making incremental changes to products instead of offering consumers new products that they actually want. Instead, companies should make more small bets on emerging brands and build a culture of innovation.
Impossible Foods' Quest to Save the Planet Fails to Impress FDA (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e73e0c5fe6&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
The FDA said the plant-based heme is so new there needed to be more evidence of its safety.
Amid the Turmoil in Whole Foods, New Natural Food Brands Turn Elsewhere (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=53ef10c82b&e=2715c96b29) - Yahoo
Changes to Whole Foods since Amazon's acquisition has pushed food brands to look elsewhere. Meanwhile, other conventional retail chains are seeing an opportunity with natural food brands and are aggressively courting them.
Plant-Based Protein Beverage Secures $1.1M Investment (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=dc7db9e911&e=2715c96b29) - Food Business News
Rocana Venture Partners led the round. The company plans to use the funds to develop a range of new product options and grow the brand through non-traditional beverage channels.
Why Women Are Leading the Growing Natural Wine Movement (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4cd3092723&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
Women are leading organic wine into the mainstream. They're adding their own take on a market that has been mostly dominated by male tastes and sensibilities.
Craft Distillers, Facing Lower Taxes, Invest in Themselves (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=de64b70f92&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
A little-publicized amendment in the new tax law shows the growing political clout of American spirits producers, particularly the smaller ones.
Activist Jana Takes Pinnacle Foods Stake, May Push for Sale (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=09369acd2d&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Jana Partners is urging the packaged food manufacturer to explore a sale in the frozen food space. It currently owns a 9.5% stake in the company.
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Amazon's Online Grocery Sales Grew 50% in Q1 (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=578383662a&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
Amazon sold $650m worth of groceries through its website in this year's first quarter. Beverages were the top-selling items on the site, representing $285m in sales.
The Founder of Online Luxury Website Net-A-Porter Is Launching a $75M VC Fund for Retail Tech (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=73f12f3a2f&e=2715c96b29) - Business Insider
Imaginary Ventures has raised $75m for its first fund. It will invest in early stage, direct-to-consumer businesses targeting retail technology. The VC firm previously invested in Daily Harvest.
Restaurant Delivery Services Are a Growing Challenge for Supermarkets (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f55fdb6a9a&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
Grocers are fighting back from the competition of restaurant delivery services with increasingly sophisticated prepared food assortments.
Amazon to Double Down on Groceries; Foray Deeper into Fresh Produce in India (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=11c22752b3&e=2715c96b29) - Reuters
Amazon expects groceries and household products to account for over half of its business in India over the next five years as it looks to cash into India's e-commerce market, which is tipped to grow to $200b in a decade.
Prepared Foods Are Hot, but Inefficiency Could Cool the Trend (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=155ccb9551&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
Technologies that increase efficiency in perimeter departments are essential to maintaining margins. Deli and prepared foods is a $24b business and the fastest-growing retail category.
Food Lion to Deploy Robot Associates to 171 Stores (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=59ef99a11e&e=2715c96b29) - The Produce News
The in-store robot uses AI and laser imaging technology to scan shelves to identify out-of-stock products and to check pricing. The grocer plans to deploy them to all stores by the end of 2018.
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Square Acquires Corporate Catering Startup Zesty (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ee2b70d73e&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
Square plans to use Zesty's assets to strengthen Caviar's corporate ordering business. Neither company disclosed financial terms of the deal.
Is Uber Competing with Restaurants for Workers? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6713feabdb&e=2715c96b29) - Restaurant Business
Already facing high turnover and decreasing teenage labor participation, restaurants now have to compete with the independence and flexibility that gig economy services provide to drivers.
Sony and Carnegie Mellon Team Up to Work on Food Robots (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b206a8bf07&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
Sony cited food robots would aim to have the ability to work with fragile and odd-shaped materials, as well as the ability to operate in small spaces.
Domino's Taps Robots to Answer Its Phones (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=cf36adcbfa&e=2715c96b29) - Skift Table
In a quest to handle all of its orders digitally, Domino's Pizza is launching a voice recognition software to manage telephone orders coming into its stores.
Amtrak Is Swapping Dining Cars on Some Trains for "Airplane Food" (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=050d186579&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
To cut costs and eliminate onboard preparations, Amtrak is scrapping the dining car on two of its lines in favor of premade food.
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The Food Ingredient Panic Meter (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=79342cb714&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Food shortages have been making dramatic headlines for the past half-dozen years. Tech breakthroughs have helped steady supply and price, and many ingredients have staged dramatic comebacks.
Maersk Partners to Tackle $1T Food Waste Problem (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=09cc2e41a6&e=2715c96b29) - Port Technology
Maersk, one of the world's largest integrated transport and logistics companies, will select ten startups to focus on reducing food loss in the supply chain.
The Bugs that Give Wine Its Flavor (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=38dca935cb&e=2715c96b29) - Neo.Life
Scientists are now finding that soil microbes contribute to terroir. By sequencing the microbial DNA, SF startup Biome Makers provides winemakers with a new way to manage their grapes and winemaking process.
For 50 Years, Deep-Water Trawls Likely Caught More Fish Than Anyone Thought (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d6c7de8f1f&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
Fourteen million tons of fish caught in deep-water trawl nets have gone unreported in the last 50 years.
When Is It Safe to Eat Salad Again? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6f36a3e46a&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
A multi-state outbreak of E. coli infections has been linked to bags of chopped romaine lettuce. The CDC has not identified the exact source of the outbreak, but experts suspect it came from Yuma, Arizona region.
ICE Enforcement Ends in Death of Farmworkers, Leaving Anger and Questions (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=cd2c52e270&e=2715c96b29) - Los Angeles Times
Aggressive immigration enforcement by the Trump administration has become an issue across the nation. Recent protests were sparked by aggressive crusades against illegal immigration.
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Although 90% of scientists believe GMOs are safe, only a third of consumers share this belief. Among commonly expressed concerns are unwanted changes in nutritional content, the creation of allergens and toxic effects on bodily organs.
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Queer people are one-and-a-half times more likely than others to struggle to consistently access food. Queer Food Share New York City offers a way for the community to feed each other.
Over Half of New York City Public Schools Rely on Nonprofits to Teach About Food (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b8da99e263&e=2715c96b29) - Edible
A study found that 44% of schools still don't offer external nutrition education programs. There is now a searchable database of nutrition education programs in the city.
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