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MSSDS to hold two-day job recruitment drive in West Jaintia Hills
The Meghalaya State Skill Development Society (MSSDS) will organise a two-day job recruitment drive for youths of West Jaintia Hills district on February 18 and 19, 2026. The drive will be held on February 18 at the District Library Auditorium, Mynthong, Jowa…
From New York to Paris, 8 Notable Openings to Have on Your Radar
From New York to Paris, check out these new openings and exhibitions this month.
Flipkart eyes food delivery entry, plans Bengaluru pilot launch by June
Flipkart is exploring entry into online food delivery, with a pilot likely in Bengaluru by mid-2026; the company is studying whether to launch its own app or use ONDC to compete with Zomato and Swiggy
Exclusive: IPO-bound Flipkart explores food delivery launch
Flipkart, owned by Walmart, is assessing entry into online food delivery, starting with a Bengaluru pilot around May-June and a wider launch later. It is exploring a standalone platform or a buyer-side app on ONDC, after earlier plans did not progress. The $9…
Flipkart may dig into food delivery business
Flipkart, owned by Walmart, is assessing entry into online food delivery, starting with a Bengaluru pilot around May-June and a wider launch later. It is exploring a standalone platform or a buyer-side app on ONDC, after earlier plans did not progress. The $9…
Best restaurants in the US? 39 spots you need to visit in 2026
Best restaurants in the US? 39 spots you need to visit in 2026usatoday.com
Wonder buys a brand, deploys two more
Grubhub’s owner is betting on elevated fried chicken and bowl-based concepts at a moment when fast casual’s core consumers are ailing.
Where Did Impossible Go Wrong and What Should it Do Now?
When Impossible Foods announced that CEO Peter McGuiness would step down after nearly four years, the company framed the move as a transition “from a position of strength.” For Rachel […]
Fiber’s ‘Signal’ Has Faded in Modern Food. These Two Founders Want to Restore It
For most of its modern history, food deemed healthy came with a tradeoff: it might be good for you, but it probably wouldn’t taste very good, and it would almost […]
Supper at Home Hopes to Provide Recipe for Home Chefs to Build Businesses from Their Kitchens
For more than a decade, startups have built online marketplaces in hopes of turning home kitchens into legitimate food businesses. Unfortunately, for most of that time, while demand existed, the […]
CookUnity Partners With Airbnb to Bring Chef-Created Meals to the Short Term Rental Market
For much of the past decade, CookUnity has operated as a subscription-based prepared meal service built around a network of professional chefs. This week, the company made its first major […]
Why Subtle Tech and Countertop Appliances, Not Robots, Are Driving Kitchen Innovation
For much of the past couple of decades, talk of the future kitchen at CES has conjured tech-forward images of robotic arms sautéing vegetables, humanoids flipping burgers, and, more recently, […]
Gambit Robotics Hopes to Usher In a New Era of Guided Cooking Without Robots (Yet)
Coming out of CES earlier this month, you might think a new kitchen assistant from a startup called Gambit Robotics would look something like the dozens of humanoid robots roaming […]
Hold The Humanoids: Why a Couple Robot Experts & a TV Chef Think The Humanoid Takeover of Food May Never Materialize
Ten years from now, CES 2026 may be remembered as the year robots took over the show floor. Humanoids folded clothing, boxed items, played games, and talked like product marketing […]
Behind The Scenes at Good Housekeeping With Nicole Papantoniou
Last month I was in New York City, so I decided to drop and visit the Good Housekeeping Institute. I went to visit Nicole Papantoniou, the director of the Kitchen […]
DoorDash Rolls Out Delivery Robot and an AI- Powered Delivery Orchestration Platform
There’s a new delivery robot in town, and its name is Dot. DoorDash announced the new delivery bot today, confirming months of rumors that they were working on their own […]
Scott Heimendinger Wants to Reinvent a Two Million Year Old Kitchen Tool by Making it Vibrate (Really Fast)
If you were to bet on what the oldest kitchen tool in existence is, you’d be smart to put your money on the knife. It’s not just centuries old but […]
Fresco Partners Up With E.G.O. to Accelerate Smart Kitchen Software
As a former semiconductor analyst, I realized one truism of the tech world: makers of component building blocks for any hardware product eventually move up the stack, integrating with software […]
How Companies Big and Small are Fighting to Save Chocolate From Climate-Driven Extinction
Sure, food prices are going up everywhere, but as my fellow chocolate lovers know, prices for this universally loved treat are really going up due to the increasing threat from […]
As Robot Delivery Grows, Buildings May Have “USB Ports” to Enable Seamless Delivery Handoff
With this week’s news that Little Caesars pizza is partnering with Serve to deliver pizza, it’s clear that robotic delivery, whether on sidewalks, underground, or in the air, is fast […]
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