No-meat news: Impossible drops retail prices and Rebellyous rolls out new plant-based products If you’re looking for the right time to introduce more meatless options into your diet, two food technology companies took… Read More
Podcast Feast or famine: How restaurants and grocery stores will evolve in the years ahead Cashierless checkout. Ghost kitchens. And robotic pizza makers. Those are just a few of the trends we’ll tackle in this… Read More
New crop of Cosmic Crisp apples begins shipping from Washington state to stores across the U.S. Just in time for Thanksgiving, the much-hyped Cosmic Crisp apple variety is headed from Washington state to stores around the… Read More
Pizza-making robot startup Picnic raises $3M as pandemic puts spotlight on food automation Seattle startup Picnic raised an additional $3 million from existing investors as it gears up for a commercial rollout of its… Read More
Barn2Door raises $6M as demand rises for its software used by farmers to sell food online The pandemic is increasing demand for grocery and food delivery. Seattle startup Barn2Door is riding this trend and just raised… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Awards Preview: How plant-based meat startup Rebellyous Foods pivoted in the pandemic Before the first-known U.S. coronavirus cases emerged in Rebellyous Foods’ hometown, Seattle, the startup was catering to the food services… Read More
Testing MilkRun: Portland’s farm-to-doorstep grocery delivery service launches in Seattle The coronavirus pandemic is rapidly changing consumers’ grocery shopping habits and creating a big opportunity for startups like MilkRun. Demand… Read More
Avalara co-founders invest in $2M round for RipeLocker, a startup that aims to keep fruit fresh longer For George Lobisser, it all comes down to berries. A longtime vet of the food industry, he’s seen first-hand how… Read More
Uber vs. Amazon and Instacart: $2.65B Postmates deal shows appetite for broader delivery market With its $2.65 billion deal to buy Postmates, announced Monday morning, Uber is making it clear that it’s hungry for… Read More
Revolution Agriculture reimagines the food supply chain with urban ‘farmlets’ in backyards The vulnerabilities of a long food supply chain have been laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic as people across the… Read More
Business booms at online marketplace Crowd Cow as meat industry giants are hit hard by coronavirus As businesses across the nation have been left reeling from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, the Seattle-based startup Crowd… Read More
As local farmers embrace technology, coronavirus crisis could change our relationship to food forever Alex Johnstone and David Rothstein dreamed of changing the world through food. They started with pastries. Then the coronavirus hit.… Read More
Amid pandemic, Rebellyous Foods snares $6M for plant-based nuggets — and plans its next pivot Seattle-based Rebellyous Foods says it has raised $6 million in investment for a production operation that turns a blend of… Read More
Seattle restaurant delivery complaint in ‘reply all’ email turns into $10K donation to food charity A dreaded “reply all” on an email featuring hundreds of people is usually enough to leave you with an upset… Read More
Seattle bakery owner launches restaurant delivery platform as other services pivot during crisis Putting food on the table and supporting hard-hit restaurants and small businesses at the same time may be one of… Read More
Spread the word: Jif and Giphy team for GIF peanut butter and the gimmick sells out fast on Amazon Don’t be jelly, Skippy. But Jif peanut butter unveiled a little marketing ploy this week that you’d be nuts not… Read More
Inside ‘Amazon Go Grocery’: Tech giant opens first full-sized store without cashiers or checkout lines Amazon Go is going full grocery. Two years after launching a chain of convenience stores without cashiers or checkout lines,… Read More
Not just another robot idea at CES, Picnic pizza platform will churn out real pies to feed crowds The only thing more attention grabbing than the technology at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas might be… Read More
Infarm plants its blend of vertical farming and cloud computing in QFC grocery stores KIRKLAND, Wash. — The Seattle area offers a rich smorgasbord of geeky tech-as-a-service offerings — ranging from software as a… Read More
PepsiCo and Xinova behind new Seattle restaurant tech startup that aims to digitize ‘back of house’ From food delivery to point of sale to reservation systems, there has been plenty of innovation over the past several… Read More
The future of food is mobile, plant-based, and sustainable, experts say Technology is transforming every sector of the economy, including the supply chain that gets food to our kitchen table. It’s… Read More
Secretive Seattle startup Picnic unveils pizza-making robot — here’s how it delivers 300 pies/hour After three years of quietly toiling away on a robotic food system, Seattle startup Picnic has emerged from stealth mode… Read More
Xnor teases an AI gizmo that’ll make sure grocery stores keep their shelves stocked Artificial intelligence is coming to a grocery store shelf near you. Xnor.ai, a spin-out from Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial… Read More
Crowd Cow expands with new local beef program, lands more investment from Ashton Kutcher Crowd Cow, the Seattle-based startup with a mission of bringing higher quality, more sustainably raised meat to consumers, is doubling… Read More
Assume the (cast) Iron Throne in your kitchen with a Seattle-born skillet inspired by ‘Game of Thrones’ “Game of Thrones” fans looking for the perfect way to prep a dragon steak — or whatever they eat in… Read More
ChefSteps CEO tells Joule users and cooking fans ‘this truly sucks’ in post about startup’s job cuts In the days following news that ChefSteps, the cooking technology startup, had to make significant changes and reduce staff, co-founder… Read More
A Seattle original in 1915, reborn retail pioneer is using modern tactics to bring convenience to city When Sam Cone arrived in Seattle from Eastern Europe more than 100 years ago, the young immigrant was alone and… Read More
Report: Amazon to open new grocery stores with dozens of locations, separate from Whole Foods Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery ambitions don’t stop with Whole Foods and Amazon Go. The company plans to launch dozens of grocery… Read More
Ritual enters crowded food ordering market in Seattle with its own take on tech-enabled lunch Seattleites have another app at their disposal for ordering food. The latest tech tool is from Ritual, a fast-growing Toronto-based… Read More
Don’t be bitter: Seattle startup Atomo has created a molecular, sustainable coffee — without the bean Andy Kleitsch was pacing, sipping and talking rapidly during a phone conversation on Thursday morning. The Seattle entrepreneur had had… Read More
