Starbucks is serving up a steaming hot $100 million cash commitment to anchor a new food-focused fund in partnership with the consumer and tech-focused focused private equity firm Valor Equity Partners. The behemoth of burnt-coffee said that its commitment to the Valor Siren Ventures fund is an attempt to focus on “new ideas and technologies […]
View More Starbucks will anchor the new $400 million food-focused Valor Siren Ventures fundCategory: Restaurants
VCs have growing appetite for “AgriFood”
Venture investors are pouring billions of dollars into feeding their hunger for food and agriculture startups. Whether that trend line is due to enthusiasm for the sector or just broader heavy investing in the VC space is much less clear. According to a recent report published by AgFunder – a VC and investing marketplace focused […]
View More VCs have growing appetite for “AgriFood”Presto raises $30M to bring its AI platform and tabletop ordering hardware to restaurant chains
The “restaurant of the future” may elicit thoughts of a chrome diner with robot servers and an otherwise hefty amount of Tokyo futurist kitsch, but the fact is that the forthcoming sit-down dining experience may just end up looking a lot like ordering from a takeout app. Presto is working with restaurants to update the […]
View More Presto raises $30M to bring its AI platform and tabletop ordering hardware to restaurant chainsAs shared kitchens heat up, a China-based startup, Panda Selected, nabs $50 million led by Tiger Global
A few weeks ago, we told you that former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick looks to be partnering with the former COO of the bike-sharing startup Ofo, Yanqi Zhang, to bring his new L.A.-based company, CloudKitchens, to China. Kalanick didn’t respond to our request for more information, but according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), his […]
View More As shared kitchens heat up, a China-based startup, Panda Selected, nabs $50 million led by Tiger GlobalThe limits of coworking
It feels like there’s a WeWork on every street nowadays. Take a walk through midtown Manhattan (please don’t actually) and it might even seem like there are more WeWorks than office buildings. Consider this an ongoing discussion about Urban Tech, its intersection with regulation, issues of public service, and other complexities that people have full […]
View More The limits of coworkingAmazon closes its restaurant delivery service in London
Amazon is shutting down its two-year-old restaurant delivery service in London, according to a report by the Evening Standard, which an Amazon spokesperson confirmed. Customers were sent emails which informed them of the change, saying they would no longer be able to order from Amazon Restaurants UK after Monday, December 3rd, the report said. The […]
View More Amazon closes its restaurant delivery service in LondonFood is actually being served on iPads and it’s my nightmare
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When the late Steve Jobs revealed a tablet called the iPad in 2010, I do not believe he intended for you tech obsessed fools to one day use it as a food plate.
And yet, in 2018, nearly ten years into the assumed-to-be-more-advanced future, here I am writing an article on why serving food directly on top of iPads is a complete an utter nightmare.
iPads are not plates. Do you understand?
Plates are defined as flat, often circular dishes, from which food is eaten or served. And iPads are essentially just big iPhones without calling capabilities. It should be abundantly clear that these two things are vastly different from one another and are meant to serve two very unrelated purposes. But there are apparently people out there who either don’t comprehend this fact, or worse — don’t care! Read more…
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View More Food is actually being served on iPads and it’s my nightmareGoogle Maps on iOS can now ‘match’ you with restaurants
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Figuring out where to eat has never been easier.
Google Maps on iOS has been updated Tuesday with a feature that shows you how well you “match” with a restaurant.
Once you’ve updated Google Maps on iOS to the latest version, the feature will automatically show as a “match” percentage on restaurants you find on Google Maps.
Google says the score is calculated “based on your unique preferences.” When the feature was first announced, in May, Google gave a bit more thorough explanation.
“We use machine learning to generate this number, based on a few factors: what we know about a business, the food and drink preferences you’ve selected in Google Maps, places you’ve been to, and whether you’ve rated a restaurant or added it to a list. Your matches change as your own tastes and preferences evolve over time—it’s like your own expert sidekick, helping you quickly assess your options and confidently make a decision,” the company said at the time. Read more…
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View More Google Maps on iOS can now ‘match’ you with restaurantsGreat news, adults: Chuck E. Cheese will now deliver pizza
Forget the ball pits, games, and life-size mouse mascot. Everyone knows the best thing about Chuck E. Cheese is the pizza.
Unfortunately, unless you’re a child who can go to Chuck E. Cheese whenever you want, or a parent who can accompany a child the…
Square launches restaurant point-of-sale platform
Square, which has already made its way into retail stores and service-based businesses (think hair salons, massage therapists, etc), is officially getting into the restaurant business with the launch of Square for Restaurants. Square for Restaurants is a point-of-sale system that handles everything from menu updates, floor layouts, employee scheduling, performance tracking to tip splitting. […]
View More Square launches restaurant point-of-sale platformNow you can buy clothes or make reservations without ever leaving Instagram
The time and energy gap between seeing something, desiring it, and actually buying it, is shrinking to almost nothing.
Instagram users have reported the appearance of in-app purchases, according to TechCrunch. With this new capability, when stores po…
Restaurant workers share the weirdest things kids have drawn with crayons
It’s difficult to keep kids occupied, and so whomever had the idea to put crayons in restaurants was a total genius.
Yep, just give ’em the crayons and the back of a placemat and that’ll keep ’em busy and quiet for at least five minutes while y…