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Blockchain technology has the potential to transform the food industry. Ten of the world's biggest food companies have already joined forces to transform how the industry tracks food worldwide through this network. At the same time, new companies are emerging to introduce these technologies into the supply chain, demonstrating the potential it has to improve food system operations in several ways - from preventing foodborne illnesses to combating hunger.
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The immediate and long-term challenges facing the CPG industry and business strategies that CPG brands are using to adapt.
Bantam Bagels Bought for $34M Cash by Lancaster Colony (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=a6286d90f6&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
For a five-year-old company, Bantam Bagels has seen remarkable growth — going from about $200k in sales before the 2015 "Shark Tank" appearance to about $20m today.
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Six former child slaves from Mali who accused food producers Nestle and Cargill of aiding and abetting their forced labor in African cocoa fields won a fresh chance at making their case in a US court.
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The hippie endurance athletes behind Epic Provisions sold their natural food company to General Mills for a reported $100 million. It began as an unexpected love affair. Then, it got complicated.
Danone Plans to Triple Plant-Based Sales by 2025, Sharpens Focus on Fast Growing Health-Related Categories (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1f2317eecd&e=2715c96b29) - Food Ingredients First
The company pledged to triple its worldwide plant-based sales from $1.9b to $5.7b by 2025.
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Nearly 100 health departments from around the US have also joined the effort.
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The story of how Kit Kats, once a British chocolate export, became a booming business from Hokkaido to Tokyo — and changed expectations about what a candy bar could be.
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Today, more than 800k food products are certified kosher by the Orthodox Union. It all started with a chemist, a rabbi, a pickle company, and a brand of soda.
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VC firms have invested $3.5b in food and grocery delivery services so far this year, more than triple the amount they invested in all of 2017.
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Germany, the UK and France are leading the majority of the funding. By the end of 2018, €750m will be invested in food tech. The most investment activity is in food delivery.
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Some key trends include brands under pressure, appealing to millennials and gen Z, digital revolution and transparency.
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The AgFunder Co-Investment Fund II is open to non-US investors, but all investors must meet the Accredited Investor requirements. The fund will close by November 30, 2018.
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Halweil is joining Whole Foods alum Elly Truesdell as Almanac's portfolio manager.
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New York City's First Amazon Go Cashierless Store Will Open Near the World Trade Center (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4962277c29&e=2715c96b29) - Recode
The company's latest futuristic convenience shop is being built inside the Brookfield Place office and shopping complex.
A Startup Selling Ugly Fruits and Vegetables Just Received a Major Investment from NBA All-Star Kevin Durant (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=334c7dd58f&e=2715c96b29) - Business Insider
Together, Imperfect and Durant plan to fight food waste in America, making produce more affordable and accessible. With a major investor at its helm, the company said it's beginning to see itself as a national brand for the first time. Financial terms were undisclosed.
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From regional tastes to plant-based alternatives, the year ahead will focus on flexible eating styles.
Amazon Is Expanding Its Private Label Sports Nutrition Offerings. What Does This Mean for the Category? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=0363091994&e=2715c96b29) - Nutra Ingredients
When Amazon enters a new category, it's common for existing players in that space to shudder. It entered the sports nutrition category in stealth mode this year.
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The brand-new Manhattan arrival features sandwiches from Alidoro and burritos from LA's La Palma.
Costco Builds Nebraska Supply Chain For Its $5 Rotisserie Chickens (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1a65c2cd77&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
Costco is building a facility in Nebraska to process chickens from hundreds of nearby farms for sale as rotisserie chickens. The warehouse retailer sells 60m rotisserie chickens each year.
Nearly 800k Pounds of Ready-to-Eat Products Pulled From Trader Joe's and Harris Teeter (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e12afd7373&e=2715c96b29) - Fortune
The recall occurred due to potential salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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China: Robots Are Serving Spicy Soup at Haidilao's Hotpot Restaurants (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=2e2c296509&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Asia's biggest listed restaurant chain by market value is partnering with Panasonic to open the world's first eatery with a fully automated kitchen in Beijing. At the new Haidilao restaurant, robots will replace chefs and waiters.
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Uber Eats is still a secondary player in the virtual restaurant segment, but it's expanding the fastest. It currently works with 1.6k virtual restaurants around the world in 300 cities.
The Midterm Elections Could Make or Break Higher Wages in Restaurants (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=59c9373521&e=2715c96b29) - Eater
Two states will vote on minimum wage proposals, but the road to November has been riddled with obstacles.
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For more than a decade, OpenTable was seemingly the only place you could go to book a table online. Four years later, its upstart rival Resy has managed to bite off some of OpenTable's market share, particularly among newer and trendier restaurants.
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Erin Patkin shares how she made Ovenly a successful small business.
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The fast casual chain claims to be the first national restaurant group to offer the benefit.
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How Noma's "walking Wikipedia" quietly became one of the food world's most pioneering figures.
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PlantVillage is working to tailor AI technology for farmers in Tanzania who have inexpensive smartphones. The initial focus is on cassava. The AI assistant, called Nuru, can diagnose the disease or pest blight and suggest low-tech treatments.
Norwegian Aquaculture Feed Optimization Startup CageEye Raises Funding from Aqua-Spark (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=33c993c2a8&e=2715c96b29) - AgFunder
CageEye is currently focusing its efforts on gaining control of the salmon industry in Norway before expanding to other regions. Terms of the funding were undisclosed.
How Big Data Is Revolutionizing Farming (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=928fb8784c&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
Farmers have access to more information today than ever. Will they be able to make sense of it in time to feed the world of tomorrow?
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Agronomist Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin wants to transform the food system from the ground up via poultry-powered, planet-cooling and regenerative agriculture.
Want Yellow Peas and Fake Milk? New-Age Traders are Seeking You Out (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=bff3905f88&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Yellow peas, fake milk and soybeans with differing colors, taste and consistency. These emerging foods and others are spurring a wave of new startups seeking to change how crops are sold in a world of rapidly shifting consumer tastes.
Maybe We Don't Need to Stop Eating Meat to Save the Environment (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d5ed83b203&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
Dan Barber believes the key is in changing the way that we breed food, rather than cutting out certain things altogether.
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