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Kroger is linking digital shelf labels, RFID, 900 in-store robots and an AI in-stock agent into a “connected store”. Item-level RFID in about 1,500 bakeries has halved waste and sped counts by nearly 70%, and the grocer targets…
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DoorDash has agreed to buy Instacart for about $17 billion, or $65 a share, in a mostly cash deal expected…
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Yakult Honsha says unauthorized access to its website, detected on 26 October, leaked personal data on about 40,000 people, including…
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Oatly is rolling out fiber-fortified oat drinks delivering 5 g of fiber per 250 ml in 11 European markets by…
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Mondelēz International will take a majority stake in gluten-free chocolate quinoa crisp maker Undercover Snacks, run it as a standalone…
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Enterprise Singapore and the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein have awarded S$1 million each to Aleph Farms, which plans a…
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The Japanese cell agriculture platform has added Niigata Venture Capital to a planned ¥700 million Series A extension. It will…
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Invest-NL’s Deep Dive: Agrifood Biotech says Dutch fermentation and novel ingredient companies lack a financing route for first commercial plants…
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Dutch dairy ingredients group Hoogwegt will take the first production batch of Opalia’s mammary-cell whole milk at Fi Europe on…
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A Food Research International study by Vivici, dsm-firmenich and Fonterra researchers found precision-fermented BLG showed no detectable aggregation at 140…
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Icelandic start-up PROCEON has closed a first round of about US$528,000, led by Kría Venture Fund, to finish PROJET, a…
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Tokyo-based Kinish has raised ¥490 million (about US$3.1 million) in the first close of its Series A, backed by Shimadzu’s…
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London- and Chicago-based Opply has raised $7.5 million, led by Chalfen Ventures with Index Ventures and Anthemis participating, after growing…
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FDA has raised no questions about GRN 1312, a recombinant αS1-casein notified jointly by Those Vegan Cowboys and Formo, opening…
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Volare 01 in Pori, Finland, built for €15M inside a former printing plant, targets 5,000 tonnes of insect protein and…
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Indian sugar producer Dhampur Bio Organics has signed a technology licensing agreement with Swiss fermentation company Planetary for exclusive mycoprotein…
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