If you're shopping at Costco, you're already planning on stocking up, so why not go all out? For just $999.99, the warehouse club offers a one-year "emergency food kit" that can get you through a mild apocalypse. The 6,200-serving kit from the brand Nutristore promises to provide "1,200 calories per day on average" with a 25-year shelf life...
"I don't carry cash anymore either. It's just easier, card and all the receipts, are in on place. I know how much I spent," Starbucks customer Ambarish De said. However, other regular customers were wary of the idea. "I think it's kind of limiting. It's assuming everyone is going to be using a smartphone or a credit card. Not everyone is on...
AI-enabled point-of-sale kiosks are being rolled out at CaliBurger, a fast-casual chain that CEO John Miller describes as “a tech company that makes great food”. The first time customers order using the in-store kiosks, they’ll be prompted to attach their face to their account using NEC’s NeoFace biometric facial recognition software.As...
Ocean's Table is a new venture aiming to ship the freshest seafood possible. Its based in Gloucester, Massachusetts and part of Community Supported Fishery (CSF). They claim that the moment the vessels arrive at Gloucester Harbor, fish cutters fillet the fish, package it and and ship to customers. There are no stores and no middlemen which...
The British market that is confusingly called Iceland has become the first major retailer to commit to eliminate plastic packaging for all its own-brand products. The supermarket chain, which specialises in frozen food, said it would go plastic-free within five years to help end the “scourge” of plastic pollution. The current plastic packaging...
McDonald’s has expanded its new dining model “experience of the future” to 60 stores in Hong Kong which features technology like self-order kiosks and mobile ordering to win customers from competing quick-service restaurants. The new dining model, experience of the future, will focus on four pillars: menu innovation, customer experience,...
US grocer Kroger is rolling out a new technology to nearly 200 stores called Kroger Edge that will be installed on store shelves where paper price tags currently hang. It digitally displays pricing and nutritional information, as well as video ads and coupons for various products. The technology gives Kroger the ability to instantly change...
A company called Finless Foods has set its sights on revolutionizing seafood by focusing on making a cultured version of Bluefin tuna. Essentially, their product is real tuna meat that is grown in a lab and harvested, rather than the product of killing a live fish. Finless Foods announced they have cut production costs by half since last month...
Albert Heijn, the leading supermarket brand in the Netherlands, is taking grab-and-go convenience to the next level. Beginning this month, Albert Heijn is testing "tap to go" technology at one of its AH to go stores, allowing customers to pay for items without going through the checkout. The technology, which is being piloted at the AH to go...
Inside a warehouse in the middle of the suburban office sprawl of San Carlos, a Silicon Valley town south of San Francisco, hundreds of heads of lettuce and herbs grow next to a mobile robot designed to move the plants as they get bigger. In a lab next door, engineers tweak robots that can handle every part of the growing process, from planting...