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Interview with Exo, the First Company to Bring Crickets into the American Diet (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=cd25e18d38&e=2715c96b29) - NX-FOOD
Co-founder Gabi Lewis discusses Exo's product development process, market fit and channel strategy with Danielle Gould.
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INNOVATING A HEALTHIER FUTURE SUMMIT
May 2 – 4, 2018 – Washington, D.C.
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Hormel Mulls Bid for $600M Chinese Wasabi Maker (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c794457be3&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Hormel is among suitors studying potential bids for Chinese condiment producer Jiahao Foods. An acquisition would bring products including soy sauce, chicken powder and abalone sauce carried in supermarkets across China.
Monogram Capital Closes Debut Fund (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e9f0da3c95&e=2715c96b29) - Project Nosh
The first fund closed at $152m with commitments from family offices, foundations and institutional investors. Monogram has previously invested in Ellenos greek yogurt, Country Archer, Kidfresh and Dig Inn.
Kraft Heinz Partners with Food Network on Salad Dressings, Sauces and Meal Kits (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=2f7fca4b45&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
The new grocery line, called Food Network Kitchen Inspirations, is the first initiative from the cable channel to inspire consumers to experiment with global flavors in their home kitchens.
Nestle Buys Majorty Stake in British Dog Food Group Tails.com (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=47fb20faad&e=2715c96b29) - Reuters
Nestle's Purina PetCare division has acquired a majority stake in the British dog food company from Draper Esprit. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Teton Waters Gets Cash, New CEO, Plans Growth (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=18968bc39e&e=2715c96b29) - Project Nosh
The grass-fed beef brand has closed a $3.5m dollar convertible note. It previously closed a minority investment from Sunrise Strategic Partners and Armonia Capital. It recently named CPG veteran Mike Murray as its CEO.
What Is Behind the Overnight Explosion of Puffs? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f253008dc7&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
Sales of puffed snacks grew 9.9% in 2017, outpacing the overall snack category thanks to new sophisticated flavors, increasingly diverse bases and playful shapes that encourage sharing amongst children and adults alike.
Freight Costs Weighing on Earnings at Consumer-Goods Makers (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1708f1af5d&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and other suppliers are finding it harder and more expensive to get shipments to stores. Freight costs were up 20% from a year ago at Coca-Cola.
Pepsi and Coke Are Fighting to Get You to Drink Soda Again (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=910d9bc729&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
While Pepsi has diversified away from drinks, its focus is back on fixing the fizzling beverage division in the face of heightened competition from Coca-Cola.
A Peek Inside JUST's Clean Meat Lab (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=9c815001ab&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
A utopian architectural plan of a vertically integrated cultured meat production facility displays the company's vision for the future of meat.
Spirulina Strength: What Level of Promise Does This Small but Mighty Micro-Algae Truly Have? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=70f682ac26&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
The world's spirulina market is expected reach $2b by 2026. The growth opportunity lies in how innovatively spirulina is offered to its consumers.
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Walmart Sheds Grow-Everywhere Plan in Refining Global Strategy (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=989e472a53&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Walmart's plan to shed control of its UK grocery chain reflects a global strategy to emphasize faster-growing markets like China and India. Asda will combine with Sainsbur in a deal worth $10b as Walmart takes a loss of $2b.
Ahold Delhaize Launches Lab to Develop AI Innovations (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f231be351e&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
The partnership is working to launch a new AI for Retail Lab to research ways to improve supply chains and assortment.
Getting Consumers Hooked on Fresh Seafood (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=36a4e04a40&e=2715c96b29) - Nielsen
In addition to opportunities around educating consumers about freshness, sustainability and preparation, retailers can boost growth by borrowing on recent successes in other realms of fresh departments.
Lidl Shifts Promotional Focus to Big Brands (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=bc39c75e15&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
Lidl's latest promotional flyer features a host of name brands ranging from Coca-Cola to Kettle Chips — a significant promotional shift for a company whose assortment is 90% private label.
Weis Unveils $101M Investment Program (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=683acc67b1&e=2715c96b29) - Progressive Grocer
The grocer plans to invest in new stores, remodels, supply chain improvements and continued information technology upgrades. It currently operates 206 stores in the Northeast.
Chef'd CEO: Why The Existing Meal Kit Model Doesn't Work (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b1a2dedff5&e=2715c96b29) - PYMNTS
Chef'd CEO Kyle Ransford believes chef-inspired recipes and all of the ingredients that make it a cinch to cook marks the beginning of the great meal kit model shift. Choice and flexibility are the key differentiators.
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RESTAURANTS
Yellow Fever Restaurant at California Whole Foods Sets Off a Debate (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f3fe931a9b&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
The restaurant's founders, who are Asian-American claimed they chose to embrace the term and reinterpret it positively for themselves.
These Tiny Autonomous Robots Are Ready to Deliver Lunch to Your Office (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=914a21eca5&e=2715c96b29) - Wired
For the last three months, self-driving robot pods from Starship Technologies have been delivering food on the campus of one California company. Now the robots are are ready to run free.
How I Built This with Guy Raz: Panera Bread/Au Bon Pain: Ron Shaich (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b57971168c&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
In the early 1980s, Ron Schaich bought a small, struggling Boston bakery chain called Au Bon Pain, and built it out to 250 locations nationwide. He then saw an opportunity to build something even bigger: Panera Bread. It was the start of fast casual.
How Becoming 'A Tech Company That Sells Pizza' Delivered Huge for Domino's (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=2a5344685d&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
Under CEO Patrick Doyle, the company has surpassed independents and smaller chains with innovations in the delivery and digital spaces.
China: New Standard Requires Online Food Delivery Operators to Use Paper Packaging (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4e0211a27c&e=2715c96b29) - Shine
Shanghai's quality watchdog released a new standard for take-away packaging to require the use of eco-friendly paper instead of plastic. It will be initially trialed by Ele.me, Meituan and Baidu Waimai before being implemented city-wide.
How a Noma Chef Is Trying to Change School Lunches (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4caf051578&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
Dan Giusti, the former executive chef of Noma, left to start Brigaid with aims to institute a new scheme of healthy school lunches priced at the same level that school districts were already paying.
New York Bistro Opens Virtual Rotisserie Chicken Concept (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f14804ba4f&e=2715c96b29) - Restaurant Hospitality
Left Bank has launched a virtual restaurant within its four walls to focus on takeout and delivery of the restaurant's signature chicken.
At These Pop-Up Dinners, the Chefs (and the Guests) Are Homeless (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=24746441ad&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
Farming Hope teaches culinary skills to San Francisco's homeless, and then serves meals where homeless diners eat side by side with people who pay full price for the meal.
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This Court Battle Will Decide Who Will Make a Fortune From Gene-Editing Tech (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1b1aaffe71&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
The University of California Berkley, MIT and Harvard University are facing off in an appeals court over the question of who invented and thus can profit from CRISPR technology.
EU Agrees Total Ban on Bee-Harming Pesticides (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c485af1b0f&e=2715c96b29) - The Guardian
The world's most widely used insecticides will be banned from all fields within six months, to protect both wild and honeybees that are vital to crop pollination.
The Importance of Diversity in Organic Foods (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7ef9b3f821&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
Dan Barber talks organic crops through changing seasons.
How Will Grower-Owned Digital Ag Tools Change the Game? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1a2876297f&e=2715c96b29) - AgFunder
The Grower Information Services Cooperative is a farmer-owned cooperative storage system for data that offers cloud-based data capture software. It has teamed up with IBM to develop a suite of digital services for farmers.
Dutch Aquafeed Firm Nutreco Picks Up 25% Stake in Agri-Tech Startup Eruvaka (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7c2d47e5e4&e=2715c96b29) - VCCircle
As part of the deal, Nutreco's aquaculture division, Skretting, will work with Eruvaka to implement its precision farming technology, initially in Latin America. The partnership will help Eruvaka scale globally.
How Technology Is Taking Over Agriculture in India (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ea330210b2&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
While old agricultural customs are still being used, satellite imagery and other such data gathering systems are being deployed and intensified to actualize the full potential of technology in India's agricultural policies.
Homes or Gardens? Developers and Urban Farmers Grapple Over Vacant Land (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=3bed504a05&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
In communities where both housing and fresh food are needed, the fight over valuable vacant land is prompting policy reform — and tense collaboration — between developers and gardeners.
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The 2018 James Beard Media Award Winners (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1b96948b08&e=2715c96b29) - James Beard Foundation
The awards go to books, broadcast media and articles published in 2017.
CRISPR: The Gene-Editing Tool Revolutionizing Biomedical Research (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6b1980c9ee&e=2715c96b29) - CBS News
A new tool could be the key to treating genetic diseases. Some researchers are using it to prevent disease entirely by correcting defective genes in human embryos.
Why the Tech Industry Should Care about the Farm Bill Being Drafted Right Now (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d680e22bb1&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
Part of why the farm bill is reauthorized on a regular basis owes to changes in modern tech. If the government wants to see recipients become more self-sufficient, legislators need to protect the companies doing the innovating.
Probiotics for Babies and Kids? New Research Explores Good Bacteria (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=213db53160&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
Sales of probiotics are soaring. While some studies on this beneficial bacteria show it can treat specific health issues in children, scientists are exploring how it may help gut health more broadly.
Unauthorized Immigrants Shy Away from Signing Kids Up for Food Aid (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b24b62c73f&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
Fearing deportation, some families eligible for SNAP would rather face food insecurity than risk enrolling in the program. Food pantries are stepping up to help unauthorized immigrants feel safe.
I Tried Living on Bugs to See If I'll Enjoy the Future of Food (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=47fea23771&e=2715c96b29) - Vice
For seven days Angela Skujins ate nothing but grasshoppers, worms and tarantulas.
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