Alex Johnstone and David Rothstein dreamed of changing the world through food. They started with pastries. Then the coronavirus hit. The roommates and bakers behind Salmonberry Goods were crushed when… Read More
Seattle-based Rebellyous Foods says it has raised $6 million in investment for a production operation that turns a blend of wheat, soy and other plant products into nuggets that taste… Read More
A dreaded “reply all” on an email featuring hundreds of people is usually enough to leave you with an upset stomach. But one customer’s message back to Seattle fine dining… Read More
Putting food on the table and supporting hard-hit restaurants and small businesses at the same time may be one of the bigger concerns of the coronavirus outbreak. As restaurants have… Read More
Don’t be jelly, Skippy. But Jif peanut butter unveiled a little marketing ploy this week that you’d be nuts not to admire. In a limited run partnership, Jif has teamed… Read More
Amazon Go is going full grocery. Two years after launching a chain of convenience stores without cashiers or checkout lines, Amazon is opening its first “Amazon Go Grocery” store in… Read More
The only thing more attention grabbing than the technology at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas might be the food that keeps attendees fueled at the massive conference.… Read More
KIRKLAND, Wash. — The Seattle area offers a rich smorgasbord of geeky tech-as-a-service offerings — ranging from software as a service, to gaming as a service, to pizza as a… Read More
From food delivery to point of sale to reservation systems, there has been plenty of innovation over the past several years around the beginning and end of a dining experience.… Read More
Technology is transforming every sector of the economy, including the supply chain that gets food to our kitchen table. It’s an industry ripe for innovation as concerns about climate change… Read More
After three years of quietly toiling away on a robotic food system, Seattle startup Picnic has emerged from stealth mode with a system that assembles custom pizzas with little human… Read More
Artificial intelligence is coming to a grocery store shelf near you. Xnor.ai, a spin-out from Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, has been working with partners on low-cost, low-power AI… Read More
Crowd Cow, the Seattle-based startup with a mission of bringing higher quality, more sustainably raised meat to consumers, is doubling down on hyper-local farms with the launch of “Crowd Cow… Read More
“Game of Thrones” fans looking for the perfect way to prep a dragon steak — or whatever they eat in Westeros — might want to check out this custome cast… Read More
In the days following news that ChefSteps, the cooking technology startup, had to make significant changes and reduce staff, co-founder and CEO Chris Young has said that while the situation… Read More
When Sam Cone arrived in Seattle from Eastern Europe more than 100 years ago, the young immigrant was alone and he didn’t speak English. So he began his entrepreneurial journey… Read More
Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery ambitions don’t stop with Whole Foods and Amazon Go. The company plans to launch dozens of grocery stores across multiple large U.S. cities, according to a report from… Read More
Seattleites have another app at their disposal for ordering food. The latest tech tool is from Ritual, a fast-growing Toronto-based startup that has raised $127.5 million for its meal ordering… Read More
Andy Kleitsch was pacing, sipping and talking rapidly during a phone conversation on Thursday morning. The Seattle entrepreneur had had multiple cups of coffee already — and he’d just launched… Read More
Update, Saturday, Jan. 19, 3:30 p.m.: This story has been updated to add comment from Paul Rich, who took the photograph. Bill Gates, the billionaire burger lover who has been… Read More
All of those Sundays in front of the slow cooker have paid off for T-Mobile CEO John Legere — and fans of the recipes he dishes up as part of… Read More
So much for this survey about more people craving face-to-face interaction in the digital age. A ramen bar in New York City offers “focus booths” where diners only have to… Read More
Update, Wednesday, 12:25 p.m. PT: Shake Shack announced that the Seattle location will open Thursday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m. Original story: Dick’s, Red Mill, Burgermaster, and others take note:… Read More
Ah, yes, it wouldn’t be fall without … wait. It’s not even Labor Day yet. Well, that doesn’t matter for lovers of the Pumpkin Spice Latte, an annual Starbucks concoction… Read More
The stealthy Seattle-based food automation venture formerly known as Otto Robotics has a new name: Vivid Robotics. It also has a fresh infusion of $4.9 million in funding, thanks to… Read More
Move over, silly rabbit, cereal looks like it could be fun again thanks to a new line of breakfast treats from Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based pop culture company. The cereal,… Read More
A line of people stretched down Aurora Avenue and into the neighborhood below Canlis, the famed Seattle fine-dining establishment, as it played host Saturday to a pop-up event previewing Shack… Read More
Finally, the hot dog hero America has been waiting for. Oscar Mayer has added another transportation device to its fleet of Wienermobiles with a the launch Monday of Super Hotdogger,… Read More
Google is chickening out when it comes to animal products in its food emojis. Or, maybe the tech giant is taking a brave stance on inclusion and diversity by appealing… Read More
Amazon employees and other Seattleites waiting anxiously for another food option in the city’s South Lake Union neighborhood will have to wait a bit longer for Shake Shack to open… Read More