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The drinks maker has surged more than 300% since the company teased its plans to enter the emerging cannabis space last month. Its line of products includes CBD-infused teas, sparkling waters and shots.
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Jason Karp, CEO and founder of hedge fund Tourbillon Global Master Fund, announced he will be shutting down the multibillion dollar fund. Moving forward, Karp will look for those distinct advantages in the areas of food, beverage and wellness.
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Forty-one percent of US consumers said they would try recreational cannabis in foods such as candy, chocolate snacks and packaged foods if or when it becomes legal
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One by one, America's food outlets are abandoning the century-old American staple. In many cases, they're replacing it with fancier cheeses.
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Thrive expects its new wine category to grow to eight figures within one year, and sees this as an opportunity to expose the more than 70 artificial ingredients and chemicals that are used in the conventional wine-making process.
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The new program is aimed at Gen Z entrepreneurs and its only real require is that the businesses involved are doing some sort of good.
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Meicai, a Chinese startup that helps farmers sell vegetables to restaurants, has raised $600m in a funding round led by Tiger Global Management and Hillhouse Capital. The money will be used to expand.
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Funding was led by North Castle. The new capital will be used to scale nationally.
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Funding was led by Slingshot Ventures. It will be used to help the startup expand its current team, further develop its pricing algorithm and manage its rollouts with additional food retailers.
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The retailer is also debuting Home Chef Express, a line extension of quick-cook meal kits in a limited market test.
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CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that due to the company's success in the delivery of food, which reached $6b in bookings earlier this year, it makes sense to take another look at the grocery market.
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Gone are the days of the stodgy hotel restaurant. Now, restaurants within hotels play an integral role in the vibe, business model and guest experience. As the creative director of food and culture for Standard International, Angela Dimayuga is charting new territory.
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The billionaire investor revealed a $900m stake in Starbucks, believing China is the US coffee chain's single-largest unit growth opportunity.
One Year of #MeToo: A Modest Proposal to Help Combat Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=64fbc35694&e=2715c96b29) - The New Yorker
Those in the industry know that reforming the culture will have to happen at a grassroots level, by training a new generation of managers and cooks within a more inclusive status quo, and empowering workers to speak up.
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With chicken as cheap as its ever been, restaurants are stepping up promos on nuggets and tenders to draw in diners. Prices for boneless, skinless chicken breast were 90.08 cents a pound on Oct. 5, a record low in the data going back to 1992.
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The Series B round was led by Kakaku.com, with participation from Coca-Cola Amatil, Resorts World Inc and Walden International. The company will use funding to AI-Powered restaurant solution and accelerate its geographic growth in Asia Pacific.
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One Feeds Two USA donates a meal to a hungry child in the developing world for every purchase–and it's starting to get more and more restaurants on board.
Faux Gras Is Foie Gras with a Twist - It's Cruelty-Free and Totally Vegan (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5216808880&e=2715c96b29) - Wired
Chef Alexis Gauthier mixes traditional French cuisine with a plant-based philosophy.
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Jessi Baker founded Provenance, a supply chain tracking system powered by blockchain technology. It allows consumers to trace the precise history of its food back to the farm.
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Ecovative thinks it can use mycelia, the hair-like network of cells that grows in mushrooms, to help build everything from lab-grown meat to 3D-printed organs to biofabricated leather.
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In Northern California, the Karuk and Yurok tribes are burning away decades of forest management practices and revitalizing their foodways and communities.
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The world's most popular fruit is facing extinction, and scientists are racing to use gene-editing to save it. To succeed, they'll need to overcome an even bigger problem: opposition to GMO crops.
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Around the country, dairy farms are struggling to stay open, embracing technology may be one way to make them more efficient.
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Advocates say reformulated junk foods confuse children, but when margins are slim, administrators rely on the income.
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The Disgusting Food Museum is the world's first exhibition devoted to foods that some would call revolting. Its name and contents are controversial — one culture's disgusting is another culture's delicacy.
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