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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 round was led by existing investors, including CAVU Venture Partners and Whole Foods Market. In addition to hiring and increasing capacity, part of the capital will be used for marketing.
StarKist Agrees to Plead Guilty in Tuna Price-Fixing Conspiracy (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4d6ebfdf76&e=2715c96b29) - New Food Economy
StarKist faces a fine of up to $100m. A total of six charges have resulted from this federal investigation.
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Water.io's platform foretells a future in which manufacturers help you to plan your meals for the week, protect your family from risks, achieve your nutritional goals and reduce waste via containers built for reuse.
Hormel Looks to $3.7B Meat Alternative Market (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=382422b2ef&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
As demand for plant-based food grows, organic cold cuts label Applegate and its pork-giant parent plan for the future.
This Sugar Substitute Aims to Avoid a Bitter End (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=94ae92f753&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
Israeli startups are experimenting with stevia, monk fruit and other plants to find an inexpensive, natural, zero- or low-calorie sweetener without a bitter aftertaste.
The Food Nest Pivots from Being an Accelerator into Commercial Kitchen Services (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c57f5e000f&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
In addition to permitting and building issues, the move occurred in response to capital partners, the general model for CPG companies and the number accelerators out there.
14K-Square-Foot Food Incubator Setting Up Shop in the South Bay (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=678f76ed07&e=2715c96b29) - Eater
Hollister Kitchens, a new commercial kitchen commissary, is being built in San Diego. It will hold 25 spaces for local food entrepreneurs looking to kickstart or expand their businesses.
Food Companies Can Make Nutrition Affordable to Low Income Consumers with a Mix of Tech and Tradition (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=21980cff46&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
The "Good Food is Good Business" report takes a look at forces that will drive opportunities to create more affordable, accessible, appealing and nutritious foods for lower-income consumers during the next decade.
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As more stores carried its products and sports drinks, lemonades and kids beverages were added to the lineup, revenue has soared from $38m a decade ago to more than $500m today.
Incremental Innovation or Game-Changing NPD: Have Unilever and Nestle Really Started to Tap New Trends? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8291e0c7f5&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
The two giants of the global food sector reported an acceleration in organic sales yesterday, which rose 3.8% and 2.8% respectively.
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Fifty-nine percent of respondents expected a product that is labeled natural to be healthy; Half equated natural with high quality; and 53% said products labeled natural should not be genetically modified.
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Sam's Club to Offer Same-Day Grocery Delivery via Instacart at Over Half Its Stores by Month End (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=979fe4074a&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
Fresh off its $600m round of funding, Instacart is expanding its relationship with Walmart. The service will be available to nearly 1k new zip codes and more than 100 new stores.
Walmart Unveils High-Tech Grocery Warehouse (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=96c8875f30&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
The new distribution center in California is set to open in the fall of 2020 and will move products in and out 40% faster than the company's existing warehouses. The building will be equipped with automation technology from Witron.
Kombucha Is King at the Convenience Store of the Future (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=3bdb8b9c03&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Portland's Green Zebra is just one of the retailers flipping the script on a tired industry by selling locally produced, wholesome food.
Zero-Waste Stores Pop Up in the US, Targeting Shoppers Tired of All the Waste (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=a85f951d3e&e=2715c96b29) - CNBC
While zero-waste markets have succeeded in Europe, the sustainable store-design concept in the US faces an uncertain future. Bulk-store entrepreneurs are undeterred.
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Public school families and others created the United Parents and Students' Store of Excellence Award, which aims to reward stores selling better and healthier food.
India: BigBasket Buys RainCan to Boost Micro-Delivery Business (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=337029e2d8&e=2715c96b29) - VCCircle
Financial terms were undisclosed. RainCan will rebrand as BBDaily and become a subscription-based service enabling early morning delivery of household essentials.
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Uber Ambitiously Eyes 2021 for Food-Delivery Drones Launch (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=eba77a32d5&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
The company's job posting seeks an operations executive to help make delivery drones functional as soon as next year.
Amazon Alexa Fund Makes Its First Investment in Restaurant Tech With SevenRooms (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6755042fb3&e=2715c96b29) - Fortune
The Amazon Alexa Fund is making a significant investment in hospitality management platform SevenRooms in order to bring in-service, voice-enabled tech to restaurants for the first time.
India: Naspers to Lead New $900M Funding Round in Food Delivery App Swiggy (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=9e53ad3086&e=2715c96b29) - VCCircle
Tencent Holdings is also expected to participate in the round. The deal is likely to be struck at a pre-money valuation of $2.5b.
India: Faasos in Talks to Raise $100M for Expansion (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ee4cb36bef&e=2715c96b29) - Economic Times
Rebel Foods, the operator of Faasos, is in talks to raise funding as it looks to enter overseas markets and expand both its product range and cloud kitchen presence nationally.
Cambodia's Meal Temple Raies 6-Figure Round to Grow Food and Delivery Platforms (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c4653b6d95&e=2715c96b29) - e27
The investment came from private Australian and European investors with an undisclosed sum. The company will use funding to grow its local operations and extend its logistics services to more verticals.
Food Delivery Robots Could Be Dallas' Next Bike Share Fiasco (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8bfb6f760c&e=2715c96b29) - Eater
The City Council has voted to let them roam the city's sidewalks.
For This So-Cal Restaurant, Being Plastic-Free and Polystyrene-Free Is Easy (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=2121ceec20&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
Kris Buchanan, the founder of GOODONYA Organic Eatery, believes it's simple—and smart—for restaurant owners and customers to move away from disposable plastic and polystyrene and make more sustainable packaging choices.
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Produce Pay Raises $14M Series B to Help Farmers Get Paid (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e25690be83&e=2715c96b29) - AgFunder
Anterra Capital led the round with participation from Rabo Frontier Ventures, Coventure, Social Leverage, FJ Labs, Greenhouse Capital, Moonshots Capital and Tribeca Angels. The funding will be used to finance the next growth phase of the business as it scales its financing business and develops its software platform.
Could Smithfield Foods Have Prevented the "Rivers of Hog Waste" in North Carolina after Florence? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=a015b37290&e=2715c96b29) - The New Yorker
The pinkish, putrescent, rurally-located lagoons have been a source of concern for decades. Did the largest pig and pork producer in the world fail to secure them?
SafeTraces Raises Further $10M for Series A from Bunge, S2G for Food Safety and Traceability Tech (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1de7b3da9d&e=2715c96b29) - AgFunder
SafeTraces manufactures biological tracers that food producers and processors can apply directly to food with a spray. Bunge Ventures led the round alongside S2G Ventures.
Future High-Protein Peas: Roquette Invests in Israeli Seed Breeding Company (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=aeffe84e79&e=2715c96b29) - Food Ingredients First
Roquette and Equinom have signed a partnership agreement for the development and sourcing of new pea varieties with high-protein content. Fortissimo Capital will jointly invest $4m in the company to support its further development.
Scotland's $2B Salmon Industry Is Thriving — but at What Cost? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5d981402ff&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
The growth of the country's farmed salmon sector has reached such a critical point that, if not addressed, may cause irrecoverable damage to the environment.
It's Not Just Tariffs. The Stalled Farm Bill Threatens Demand for American Food Overseas (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ab5cc75d99&e=2715c96b29) - New Food Economy
From Kansas wheat to Washington apples, Indiana popcorn to Georgia peanuts, government initiatives drive sales of American commodities overseas. Now those programs hang in the balance.
Will Americans Embrace a Zeal for Eel? This Maine Entrepreneur Hopes So (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4046b4764c&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
Most catches are exported to unagi-loving Asian nations, which pay up to thousands of dollars per pound, but one woman is raising and marketing eels for US buyers.
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How Schools and Cities Can Transform Our Food System (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=fe667a47d8&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
Paula Daniels co-founded Center for Good Food Purchasing to partner with cities and public school institutions to source food in new ways.
The UK Is Planning to Ban Plastic Straws (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=180ebae74c&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
The ban is subject to consultation before it comes into effect, but the government hopes to have it in place sometime between October 2019 and October 2020.
Take Two Aspirin—and a Serving of Kale (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=aab5a25c87&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
Wielding food as medicine, hospitals are focusing on nutrition, sending patients home with prescriptions as well as bags of good food.
Government Rolls Out Joint Agency Food Waste Initiative (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=81615c0980&e=2715c96b29) - Progressive Grocer
The USDA, EPA and FDA have signed an agreement to improve coordination and communication across federal agencies to educate Americans on the effects and importance of lowering food loss and waste.
Weight Watchers Rebrands Itself for an Anti-Diet Era (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8cdbae5073&e=2715c96b29) - The Economist
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