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Our round-up of this week's top food innovation news.
Interview with Exo, the First Company to Bring Crickets into the American Diet (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d088760cf6&e=2715c96b29) - NX-FOOD
Co-founder Gabi Lewis discusses Exo's product development process, market fit and channel strategy with Danielle Gould.
Corporations Can Change the Course of Children's Health [Sponsored] (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=0c34a0bf38&e=2715c96b29)
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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Oakland's Back to the Roots Bets Big on Indoor Gardening (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=33a27fe854&e=2715c96b29) - SF Chronicle
The company has formed a partnership with Whole Foods to devote an entire section of each market devoted to indoor gardening kits.
CrossFit to Grow Presence in Food (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=a01334d8a5&e=2715c96b29) - Project Nosh
Exercise brand CrossFit is partnering with meat company Strauss Food to offer a selection of "Crossfit approved" protein in a subscription box across 3k grocery retailers across the US. The two companies will also develop a line of jerky.
Warren Buffett Better Sell a Lot of Ketchup Fast (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=abe6110918&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
With Kraft Heinz down $50b in market value, Buffett and 3G Capital need to turbocharge sales or strike a big deal to satisfy Wall Street.
After 124 Years, Hershey Tries to Be More Than Just a Chocolate Company (Again) (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f1a37e5bad&e=2715c96b29) - CNBC
The company plans to reinvent itself as a snacking company. It is making its classic chocolate products more snackable and acquire new snack brands.
Danone, Coca-Cola, Nestle Among Firms to Sign Plastic Packaging Pledge (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=db44a3522b&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
The UK Plastics Pact aims to eliminate unnecessary single-use plastic packaging through redesign, innovation or alternatives to ensure all plastic packaging is reusable, recyclable or compostable.
This Vegetarian Company Wants to Disrupt China's Pork Industry (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ee94a7f872&e=2715c96b29) - CNN
Hong Kong-based Green Common is awaiting approval from Chinese regulators to sell its product, omnipork, in China before the end of the year.
'Plant-Based' Plays Way Better Than 'Vegan' With Most Consumers, Says Mattson (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=154de69a6c&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
The term plant-based is more flexible and offers more for the consumer. It describes food that tastes better and is healthier than those labeled vegan.
Frutarom Inaugurates New Food Innovation Lab in Israel (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c46c20f14b&e=2715c96b29) - FoodBev
The innovation lab called FoodNxt is looking for food, nutraceutical, and functional ingredient startups to create products for the health and wellness sectors.
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DoorDash Makes a Big Push into Grocery Delivery through a Pilot Program with Walmart (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ced83175ba&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
DoorDash is rolling out grocery delivery with Walmart in Atlanta in the first of what may be a major move to become a back-end platform for companies that want a delivery button on their website but don't want to build the entire network themselves.
Peapod's New Sales Model Highlights E-Commerce's Competitive Edge Compared to Brick & Mortar (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5f4f3e8151&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
The new model offers site-wide price reductions on everyday items as well as buy-more-save-more discounts on bulk purchases, which allow consumers to pay less than half the price of the regular service.
Walmart Is Getting Suppliers to Put Food on the Blockchain (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=53234d49e0&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
The retailer is ready to use the technology on its food business to help reduce waste, better manage contamination cases and improve transparency.
Amazon to Start Offering In-Car Deliveries (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b3a1fa6c26&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
The company is joining General Motors and Volvo Cars to deliver packages to cars.
Transparency Is an Important Part of the Last-Mile Grocery Equation (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5ba4b290be&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
More grocers are investing in last mile logistics to provide the best grocery home delivery services, but more than 59% of consumers want full visibility of the grocery supply chain.
How Merchants Use Facebook to Flood Amazon with Fake Reviews (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6f06083912&e=2715c96b29) - The Washington Post
Many of these fraudulent reviews originate on Facebook, where sellers seek shoppers to give glowing feedback in exchange for compensation. The practice artificially inflates the rankings of thousands of products, misleading consumers.
Flashfood and Tyson Partner to Fight Food Waste and Help Food Deserts (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=778dca334b&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
The companies are offering US customers with boxes of surplus foods through a direct-to-consumer platform called flashfoodbox. The 90-day pilot program just kicked off in Detroit.
Inflation Is No Match for Amazon, Walmart in the Grocery Aisle (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c88c0f7a59&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Companies are struggling to pass on higher costs to consumers at a time when the grocery market is at war and shoppers are becoming less loyal to brand names than ever before.
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Delivery Robotics Company Marble Raises $10M, with Plans to Move Beyond Food (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=09ff25976b&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
The series A round involved the likes of Tencent, Lemnos, Crunchfund and Maven, bringing total funding to $15m.
ChefHero Raises $12.6M, Expands its Buying Platform Into Chicago (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=2051761cff&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
Accomplice.co led the round in the restaurant wholesale food ordering platform, with participation from Golden Venture Partners, Precursor Ventures and Math Ventures. It plans to build out a team and expand into Chicago.
Drive-Thrus? Franchising? It's All on Chipotle's Table Now (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6740118d3c&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
The company will now consider franchising and opening drive-thru restaurants. It plans to rely on new foods and testing to bring back customers.
Zume to Open It's Mobile Cooking Platform to Any Restaurant (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4cedf52ffc&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
Zume has partnered with commercial foodservice equipment maker Wellbilt to incorporate custom built, hyper-efficient appliances into the next generation of Zume's customizeable food delivery vehicles.
Investors Are Pouring Money into India's Trendy New Tea Cafes (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=52deaa2baf&e=2715c96b29) - Quartz
Tea retailer Chai Point raised $20m led by Paragon Partners. In March, Chaayos announced plans to add over 300 stores after investment from Tiger Global. Together, the chains have fueled the proliferation of tea cafes in India.
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Aquaculture Is the Latest Hotness for Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists in 2018 (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=688f3283c5&e=2715c96b29) - Quartz
Since 2013, the number of venture-backed deals shot up from zero to nine last year. Much of the recent investment centers on machine learning and machine vision. This year, two of the biggest investments have been in Aquabyte and XpertSea.
Bayer, Netafim, Swiss Re, and IFC Team-Up to Bring New Tech to Smallholders (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e5de15e790&e=2715c96b29) - AgFunder
A new coalition of agriculture and finance industry players have joined forces to form the Better Life Farming initiative to find holistic, market-based solutions for improving the productivity of smallholder farmers in developing countries.
The Future of Seafood Is Bait-to-Plate Transparency on the Blockchain (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5690e1240c&e=2715c96b29) - New Food Economy
A new project backed by the World Wide Fund for Nature is piloting a system that uses a combination of RFID tags and QR codes to track tuna on a blockchain-based platform as it moves through the supply chain.
The Farm Labor Drought (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=778ea6ae20&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
A shortage of workers willing and able to do farm labor is forcing some big changes on California's agricultural sector.
Global Wine Production Has Hit a 60-Year Low, as Changing Weather Picks New Winners and Losers (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5870816c5f&e=2715c96b29) - Quartz
Climate change will likely make things worse for the traditional leaders of the wine world in Europe. Three places that may emerge as wine-growing hubs are England, Michigan and Tasmania.
What Happens When Plants Are Exposed to Near-Constant Light? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8ce19d3a06&e=2715c96b29) - National Geographic
Compared with a wheat plant in the field that seeds once annually, a plant under 22-hour light goes through as many as six generations in a year, and at a sliver of the energy cost of yesterday's heat lamps.
Agroecology Is Advancing Around the Globe. Will the US Take Part? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b3692b3a64&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
With its strong focus on social change for small farmers, agroecology is going mainstream worldwide, but the American food movement has yet to catch up.
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EATERS
Beyoncé Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Help You Eat Vegan (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=70ecdef51b&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
After giving birth to twins, Beyoncé announced the launch of her new vegan meal planner, 22 Days Nutrition. The platform allows users to discover meals, plan their week, shop and cook for meals created by nutrition guidelines that Beyoncé and Jay Z follow.
Silicon Valley Wants to Cash In on Fasting (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=9b3a3170a0&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Several startups are working to commercialize the tech world's latest health craze.
Why the GOP Food Stamp Overhaul Might Not Work (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=3505885c3f&e=2715c96b29) - Politico
Republicans have proposed a massive expansion of an obscure job training program as a way to get millions of people off of food stamps. There's little evidence that SNAP job training works, let alone that it can be scaled up quickly for millions more people.
What a Day of Food Looks Like Amid War and Drought in Cameroon (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=3c2473812f&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
A look at the harsh life of refugees through the meager meals they're forced to scrape together.
The Buddhist Mock-Meats Paradox (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=29eb5185e1&e=2715c96b29) - Taste
In East and Southeast Asia, Buddhist traditions have produced meat analogues since ancient times. Nowadays, you can find prepared mock meats from producers and restaurants that have spun off these traditions.
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