Combustion, the smart thermometer startup founded by ChefSteps cofounder Chris Young, has acquired popular recipe app Crouton. Crouton, developed by New Zealand-based software engineer Devin Davies, ...

Grabango, a grocery-tech startup that raised over $93 million for its cashierless checkout technology, is shutting down, The Spoon has learned. The closure follows the company’s inability to secure ...

A new report published by Tillster shows that quick-service restaurant customers are increasingly opting to use restaurant-specific apps over 3rd party delivery apps. The report, which analyzed the ...

Just as you might pay Spotify to access your favorite songs and discover new ones, would you subscribe to a service that gives you access to thousands of classic and […] Research guides to emerging ...

Admit it: you’ve probably played around with making recipes using AI. At this point, most of us have. If you’re like me, the early results were… rough. But over time, general-purpose LLMs have become ...

Back in 2017, I wrote a story exploring the idea of personalized food profiles. The piece explored whether, someday, we might walk into restaurants, shop at the grocery store, or have dinner at a ...

AI-powered restaurant forecasting startup ClearCOGS has raised $3.8 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by Closed Loop Partners, with participation from Myriad Venture Partners and Hearst’s ...