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How Can Robots Take Over the World If They Can’t Even Make a Pizza?

It’s a question given short shrift (hardly any shrift at all actually) in the Terminator and Matrix tech dystopia movie franchises. Can robot overlords really

foodtech

Marc Lore’s Wonder Ghost Kitchen on Wheels Scales Back

Food tech (including virtual restaurants and ghost kitchens) is a space we cover on occasion. What could be more truly local than eating, after all?

foodtech

Virtual Food Hall Startup Byte Kitchen Raises $6M Round

The cloud kitchen space, which we cover from time to time here, has gone through a few things lately. The industry hit its stride before

foodtech

What’s a Virtual Food Hall? Fly to Raleigh and Find Out

Reef Technologies is a food tech company that does things a bit differently. And that’s saying a lot in an industry that is introducing robot

foodtech

Son, I’ve Got Two Words for You. Food. Trucks.

In the opening scene of the 1960s classic “The Graduate,” Mr. McGuire accosts recently minted college graduate Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) at a party and

foodtech

Chipotle Launches Its Own Foodtech Fund

Ghost kitchens — those tech-driven facilities built to service delivery-only restaurants — have become increasingly dominated by brands and celebrities. Major brands, particularly in the

Data Scout

Investor Money Keeps Flowing into Online Food Platforms

There is a big question hanging over the dining industry. How important will online ordering and delivery be in a post-pandemic world? The consensus answer

cloud kitchens

The Brewing Revolt Against Restaurant Delivery Apps

One of the big storylines coming out of the COVID-19 is the devastation it has wreaked on the restaurant industry. Independent bistros and multi-location chains

cloud kitchens

Food Wars: DoorDash Files for IPO as Uber Eats Head Exits

There were some key developments this week in the “food-tech” space — that category that, according to PitchBook, includes everything from the Impossible Burger to

Above the Cloud

Grubhub Signals Food Delivery Consolidation

Last week we published a post with four predictions for the local commerce ecosystem in 2020. One of the predictions involved the food delivery app

cloud kitchens

Is Uber Assembling a ‘City OS’?

This is the latest in LSA’s Video Vault series. Running semi-weekly, it examines selected conference talks and video clips, including embedded video and key takeaways. Speakers’

cloud kitchens

ICYMI: What’s New in SMB Tech

“ICYMI (in case you missed it) What’s New in SMB Tech” is a periodic series on LSA Insider that curates and offers brief commentary on

brands

Are Food Delivery Apps the Chain Restaurants’ Trojan Horse?

Restaurant delivery app Olo Founder & CEO Noah Glass has been making the rounds to talk up his company’s recent integration with Google, which he

delivery apps

ICYMI: What’s New in SMB Tech

“ICYMI (in case you missed it) What’s New in SMB SaaS” is a periodic series on LSA Insider that curates and offers brief commentary on