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Food Startup Novameat Can 3D Print Alt-Meat Steaks

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The company said it has a brand new technology that can replicate the texture and appearance of fibrous meats like fish and chicken. It has been involved in companies like Memphis Meat, Beyond Meat, Kite Hill, Geltor, Good Dot, Aleph Farms, Supermeat, Mosa Meat, New Wave and Zero Egg. “We

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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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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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According to Carvana Chief Brand Officer Ryan Keeton, opening new markets brings an uptick in overall business. “We Oklahoma City, and Memphis. What once started as a gimmick — its car vending machine — has become an engine for driving marketing, publicity and growth in the markets where it opens. New Markets. Ontario (L.A.),

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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. In some cases, the retailer is demolishing existing stores to create new uses of the land.

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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. The program, dubbed Restock, was launched earlier this year in an effort to adjust product choices, rearrange store layouts and highlight private-label brands.

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