Food Tech News

ELGIN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD), a global leader in commercial foodservice solutions, today announced that it will discontinue its Middleby Brewing & Distilling Solutions Group business (“Brewing Group”), which includes its Deutsche Beverage + Process, Ss Brewtech and Wild Goose Filling brands, with the wind-down expected to be substantially complete by the end of this year. The decision is a result of the company’s ongoing focus on operational excellen...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Onego Bio, a food ingredient company producing non-animal egg protein through precision fermentation, today announced a commercial partnership with Zen Waffles, the Brooklyn-based producer of high-protein waffles, to supply Bioalbumen® for use in Zen Waffles products. The partnership brings Bioalbumen® into the rapidly growing high-protein breakfast and convenience food category and marks an important step in Onego Bio’s commercial expansion in the U.S. market. Zen W...

NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maple, one of the leading voice AI platforms for restaurants, and SpotOn, one of the leading software and payment companies for restaurants and small businesses today announced a strategic partnership to provide 24/7 AI-powered phone ordering to restaurants on the SpotOn point-of-sale. The collaboration combines SpotOn's operator-first restaurant operating system with Maple's voice AI to give merchants a faster, more profitable way to handle inbound ca...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific organization committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system, is proud to announce that Gunnar Sigge, PhD, associate professor and head of the Department of Food Science at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, has assumed the role of IFT president succeeding Peggy Poole, PhD. He will serve in this role for one year.Sigge has been an active volunteer at IFT...

NEW YORK & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chowbus, the all-in-one restaurant technology platform, and Maple, the leading voice AI platform for restaurants, today announced a partnership that brings multilingual voice AI ordering to Chowbus merchants across the United States and Canada. Chowbus was built for immigrant restaurant owners, and language has been the through line of the platform since 2016. Menu items carry names in multiple languages. Kitchen tickets print in the language the station rea...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WeBox reaches $40M annualized sales run rate and quarterly EBITDA profitability, scaling its workplace commerce platform for meals, pantry, catering....

MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Circus SE (WKN: A2YN35 / ISIN: DE000A2YN355 / XETRA: CA1) today announces the commercial launch of Circus Pods, a standardized ingredient and supply chain infrastructure developed specifically for the company's autonomous sustainment robotic systems, for both defence and commercial use. The proprietary ingredient system and AI-driven supply chain are already live across seven European countries, including Ukraine, with more than 30 ingredients. They support Circus’ enti...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Plexus Worldwide has appointed Stuart MacMillan as the health and wellness company's new Chief Executive & Growth Officer (CEGO), leading Plexus into Vision 30: a strategic plan to establish Plexus as the trusted leader in gut-health education and innovation. MacMillan is a retail and direct selling industry veteran with more than three decades of leadership experience in sales, marketing, operations, and beyond. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Glob...

MYSTIC, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enko Chem, Inc. today announced that ENKOMPASS™, its AI-powered discovery platform, has been named “AI-based AgTech Platform of the Year” in the 7th annual AgTech Breakthrough Awards program. The award recognizes a discovery model designed to reduce the time and capital required to find and advance new crop chemistry. “Faster progress. Lower cost. Greater impact. I am proud to see the Enko team recognized for what we set out to do, which is change the speed and e...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific association committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system, has released a white paper on Building a Future-Ready Science Workforce to Address Food and Nutrition Security Challenges that explores four key competency areas: artificial intelligence, regulatory and policy literacy, systems thinking and leadership, and science communications. Among the key needs...