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Food Startup Novameat Can 3D Print Alt-Meat Steaks

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Novameat, a Spanish food startup that wants to bring plant-based meat alternatives to the public, has gotten an investment from New Crop Capital to bring its 3D printed plant-based steaks to market, according to a report by TechCrunch. Now, it’s going to use the funding to help with the development of other plant-based proteins. .

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Noting that existing Carvana markets grew by 84 percent, he said, “The company’s four oldest markets each more than three years old grew by 50 percent and our oldest cohort of Atlanta grew by 18 percent. New Markets. Oklahoma City, and Memphis.

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Is 2019 The Year of Lab-Grown Protein?

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Now, having revamped, re-branded, and returned to the public eye, Just aims to bring lab-grown chicken meat to restaurants. Meanwhile, startup Memphis Meats , backed by Bill Gates and others, successfully produced lab-grown chicken and duck meat last year. get the 69-page disrupting cpg report. Since then, the field has progressed.

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New Investors Flock To Food

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New York-based AccelFoods , which made its first round of disclosed investment in early 2014 (a series of $50K seed investments to startups including insect protein brand Exo ) and has since then made over 40 more. It recently, for example, led a $1M seed round into MA-based jerky startup Kalahari Brands. Dr Pepper Snapple paid $1.7B

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150+ Startups Reshaping The Wellness Industry

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CPG corporates like PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Kellog, and Campbell have invested in and acquired a number of brands focused on healthy snacking while personal care incumbents like P&G and Unilever have backed natural and organic beauty brands. Active Nutrition — This category consists of sports nutrition brands. Wellness Tech.

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Still, the earnings announcement comes as mall operators are trying to reboot in an era when the department store is no longer the anchor tenant of choice at many locations and brands like Macy’s and JCPenney continue to shutter brick-and-mortar stores.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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For food, they want to see the brands and the products and confirm they will be fresh and quality. Kroger released its Q2 earnings this week, and the market did not love what it saw. Ever since Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market , Kroger has been in reinvention mode, launching new services to match the eCommerce giant.

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