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What's on the Dinner Table of the Future? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=caaa11b51c&e=2715c96b29{208DFF40-D57A-4BF4-8417-899604E769C0}&cck=1) - Meat + Poultry
The Future Market products were envisioned to hit grocery store shelves in the next 25 years. Founder Mike Lee states the importance for food manufacturers and retailers to engage with these concepts today.
Venture Capital Investing in Food Accelerating (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=96e8431c69&e=2715c96b29) - Food Business News
Since 2013, F&B startups have raised $9.5b across 2.1k deals globally. Consumer demand for healthy, sustainable and personalized options has helped spark a surge in venture capital firms, incubators and accelerators focused on food and beverage.
From Brewery to Bakery: A Flour That Fights Waste (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=a55231d6a5&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
A Brooklyn start-up, Rise Products, is using grain tossed out by craft breweries to make flour that's showing up in high-end kitchens.
What Can Big Food Companies Do to Rebuild Consumer Trust? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7e65349f0a&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
Adoption of third-party certifications like B Corp or connecting with consumers on sustainability through environmental commitments may help big food manufacturers regain trust.
The Founder of a $500M Baked Goods Empire Says the Failure of Her First Cookie Company Taught Her a Crucial Lesson about Hard Work and Success (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=19a9d24198&e=2715c96b29) - Business Insider
Tate's Bake Shop recently sold to Mondolēz International for $500m. Its founder, Kathleen King, credits the success of the beloved brand to losing her first business.
Tariffs Hit Struggling US Food, Beverage Companies Pepsi, JM Smucker, Campbell Soup (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ba6a009b34&e=2715c96b29) - CNBC
American F&B companies were already struggling before Canada and the European Union levied steep tariffs in recent weeks on everything from whiskey to ketchup.
A Diabolical Plan to Stop Soda Taxes Forced California Lawmakers to Vote for a Law They Hated (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=0bc36ea605&e=2715c96b29) - Quartz
The ban on food and beverage taxes backed by the American Beverage Association will be on the books for 12 years. It's a move that completely derails momentum health advocates had gained in recent years.
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Amazon's Purchase of Whole Foods Flipped the Meal Kit Industry Upside Down; Celebrity Spokesmodels, Football Stars Help Sell Vegan Dinners (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=cf25109faa&e=2715c96b29) - CNBC
Tom Brady and Chrissy Teigen are drawing new clients with branded kits and recipes. Meal kit companies are partnering with supermarkets, drug store chains and introducing a variety of specialty diets to try to lure and retain customers.
Lidl to Acquire German Waste Business (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8b2fdd6831&e=2715c96b29) - Lets Recycle
The Schwarz Group, parent company of retailer Lidl, is to acquire German waste disposal company, Tönsmeier Group. Financial terms remain undisclosed.
Using IoT Tech To Drive Grocery Sales (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d17dddde6b&e=2715c96b29) - PYMNTS
Michael Klein, director of retail, travel and hospitality at Adobe Labs, shares how analytics derived from in-store IoT tech can help grocery stores target promotions and increase sales without the creep factor.
How Whole Foods' Suppliers Are Shifting From Shelves to Screens to Better Sell on Amazon (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=dcf768e441&e=2715c96b29) - Inc.
An outcome of Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods: Food businesses are redesigning their packaging and product formulas to better sell on the web.
Europe: Combatting Food Waste in Retail: Pioneering Technology Cuts Price As Product Expires (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=58bea4576a&e=2715c96b29) - Food Ingredients First
Wasteless, a startup creating high-tech systems to tackle some of the biggest challenges in retail is now targeting growth in European markets. The company tracks products on the shelf and drops prices as they get close to their expiration date.
Lisa Fetterman Is Reinventing Nomiku As a Sous Vide Powered Food Delivery Business (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1d88122b8d&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
She started Nomiku to spread love of sous vide. Now she's transforming it to build a viable business.
Costco Changes Up Food Court Menu, but the $1.50 Hot Dog Deal Remains (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=395012d67d&e=2715c96b29) - The Seattle Times
The retail giant is selling new menu items meant to appeal to more health-conscious shoppers, but there's no sign its long-standing dog deal is going away.
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Starbucks Swears Off Single-Use Plastic Straws for 2020 Deadline (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4298b2bf4d&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
The company plans to eliminate plastic straws from its more than 28k locations globally. Exchanging them for alternative-materials and recyclable strawless lids will allow the coffee giant to remove more than 1b plastic straws from its locations per year.
Restaurants and Immigration: We Talked to Chefs about the Impact of ICE Raids on Their Businesses (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=68531bfcd8&e=2715c96b29) - Mic
Restaurants — with a workforce made up largely of immigrants — have long been at the center of the immigration debate.
India: Foodtech Startup Biryani by Kilo Grabs $1M Pre-Series A Funds (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d14d90ffe9&e=2715c96b29) - Entrackr
Funding was led by Ajay Relan, Founder Chairman at CX Partners and Vinay Mittal from HT Media Strategy. The startup plans to use the capital to scale.
France: French Tech Bros Want to Replace Pizza Chefs with Robots (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=34a2fdef2a&e=2715c96b29) - Quartz
Ekim is a French food tech startup that recently raised €2.2m. It wants to replace pizzerias and the people who work in them with automated fresh pizza kiosks.
By Chloe Chef Sues Again in Efforts to Reclaim Her Name (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e79c9d3238&e=2715c96b29) - Eater
Chloe Coscarelli now also wants to stop the company from selling retail goods.
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A Milk Startup Takes On 300 Million Cows (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e881faae2b&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
India's sprawling agriculture industry has the world's largest dairy herd. Dairy startup Milk Mantra is transforming the way milk is produced and distributed.
How Precision Dairying Milks Cows for Data—Not Just Dairy Products (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=134bcaa868&e=2715c96b29) - New Food Economy
This new technology could help farmers understand how an individual cow's activities—eating, standing, resting, milking—affects her milk production, milk quality and health.
With a Sniff and a Signal, These Dogs Hunt Down Threats to Bees (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6a28b95d06&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
In Maryland, a state employee is training dogs to inspect hives for harmful bacteria — a crucial job as honeybees are sent around the country to pollinate crops.
Two Amputations a Week: The Cost of Working in a US Meat Plant (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=74f4b717a1&e=2715c96b29) - The Guardian
Amputations, fractured fingers, second-degree burns and head trauma are just some of the serious injuries suffered by US meat plant workers every week. As unions warn of serious injuries, plans to take speed limits off the lines at pig plants are causing anxiety.
The Real Organic Project Creates a New Food Label (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f1abff133a&e=2715c96b29) - Winsight Grocery Business
A group of farmers and scientists have rewritten standards for another organic certification program, which will launch this summer with up to 60 farms. It would list factors such as grown in soil and pasture-raised.
US Farmers Could Take a Significant Hit from Trade War (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=75fe841009&e=2715c96b29) - CNBC
A 25% duty on $34b worth of Chinese goods are set to take effect after midnight on Friday. Retaliatory tariffs will affect agricultural products including pork, soybeans and wheat.
UK Food Standard Agency Completes Blockchain Pilot for Food Supply Chain (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=3d69c27bdf&e=2715c96b29) - Cointelegraph
The pilot was implemented in a cattle slaughterhouse to improve transparency in the food supply chain. This was the first time blockchain has been used as a regulatory tool to ensure compliance in the food sector.
The Price of Cheeseburgers Has Gone Up (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=84e3ac11a2&e=2715c96b29) - Modern Farmer
The cost of a cheeseburger has gone up 20% over the past 20 years because of drought.
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EATERS
Congress's Latest Farm Bill Sets a New Standard of Ugliness (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ca6b695016&e=2715c96b29) - The Washington Post
While continuing price supports for sugar producers, the House makes it tougher for the poor to get food aid.
Some Food Stamp Recipients May Soon Lose Access to Farmers Market Benefits (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1103a21950&e=2715c96b29) - The Washington Post
Healthful food for low-income shoppers has been a hit, but bureaucratic and technical glitches could prevent future purchases.
SNAP is a Boon to Urban and Rural Economies. Proposed Farm Bill Changes Could Cripple Them. (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e4b321e5ae&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
Changes to the SNAP program in the House version of the farm bill could lead to a crippling economic domino effect that often starts at the local grocery store.
New York's Emergency Food Program Gets More Funding, but Will It Be Enough? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=2f59170220&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
The program provides food to soup kitchens and food pantries that are part of the emergency food network.
Vegans Are Rising in France (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d039fe28c6&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Animal-rights activism is becoming more vocal in the land of foie gras and fine dining, and consumers are starting to listen.
Can You Really Be a Conscious Carnivore? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=06e350416e&e=2715c96b29) - New Food Economy
Our meat eating habits, no longer a matter of basic sustenance, have become ethically fraught, deeply personal questions. Here, five American eaters navigate their way through the messy middle.
Suggestic Experiments with Augmented Reality to Help You Stick to Your Diet Plan (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=95f038637d&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
Bay area startup Suggestic is an app that guides users through meals and restaurant suggestions based on their personalized dietary preferences or restrictions.
Teens Work to Address Needs of 'Food Desert' with Vegetable-Based Desserts (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7c6a5d666a&e=2715c96b29) - NBC News
In this low-income North Minneapolis neighborhood, fresh vegetables are hard to come by. But 10 teens have begun a bakery to change that.
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