Zach Rash wanted to be a professional surfer. So much so, that in high school, there was more surfing than academics. That all changed when Rash reached UCLA and met Brad Squicciarini. It wasn’t long ...

Creator, the San Francisco restaurant made famous by its burger-making robot, was among the thousands of restaurants shut down by the pandemic (even though it engineered an awesome germ-free airlock ...

Last week, I caught up with Dana McCauley, CEO of the Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN), to discuss some of the challenges facing Canadian food manufacturers amidst the abrupt and surprisingly ...

Every year, tens of thousands of tons of avocadoes are thrown into the trash or compost. Whether on the farm or in our fridges, the delicious fruit is one of the most difficult to get right when it ...

For years, I’ve said that the Thermomix is quite possibly the most successful automated cooking appliance in the world. Sure, it’s not a humanoid robot or what we’ve come to expect from cooking robots ...

For robot startups seeking to make a splash at CES, there are a few options: holding a large press conference, making it weird and creepy, or serving cocktails. However, one method stands out above ...

While most companies across the food value chain are embracing AI in some form, one major player that’s been notably quiet is Starbucks. That wait is over. This week, at a 14,000-employee conference ...

This month, Pizza Hut debuted a fully automated robot-powered restaurant. The ‘restaurant-in-a-box’ is based on technology from Hyper-Robotics, an Israel-based food robotics startup that makes ...

Earlier this month at IFA, Midea showed off a range of new smart kitchen gear, including a new refrigerator lineup that features a smart clip system to keep track of food expiration dates. The smart ...

For the past half-decade, former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has been endeavoring to reimagine how restaurants operate by building a nationwide network of ghost kitchens under a business called ...

CookUnity has acquired Cookin, an online chef culinary commerce platform based in Toronto, the two companies announced this week. CookUnity, a New York City-based platform that delivers chef-created ...

We write so much about the growth of plant-based meat sales that it can be hard to remember that traditional animal meat industry is still huge and the primary source of protein for most people. And ...