Ocado online grocery revenue soared by 35% in 2020 to $2.2bn
Online supermarket and logistics company Ocado Group saw its online grocery revenue grow by 35% to $2.18bn in 2020 thanks…
09 Feb 2021
Aleph Farm produces first ever lab-grown ribeye steak
Aleph Farms, along with its research partner Technion, has unveiled the world’s first cultivated ribeye steak. Also known as lab-grown meat, cultivated meat refers to meat produced without the rearing…
05 Jan 2021
Mitsubishi and Aleph Farms partner on lab-grown steaks for Japanese market
Food tech startup Aleph Farms has partnered with Mitsubishi Corporation to scale up production of its lab-grown steaks in Japan. The memorandum of understanding will combine Aleph Farms’ BioFarm manufacturing…
03 Dec 2020
Grocery delivery is now Deliveroo’s fastest-growing business segment
On-demand grocery delivery is now the fastest-growing part of Deliveroo’s business, CEO Will Shu has said. Deliveroo launched grocery deliveries in March when the UK entered its first lockdown and…
26 Nov 2020
UCC Coffee launches its first traceable blockchain coffee
Coffee brand UCC Coffee has partnered with coffee trackability platform Farmer Connect to launch its first blockchain traced coffee. The global coffee industry has a significant impact on the environment,…
10 Nov 2020
Beyond Meat revenues hit by “full brunt” of Covid in Q3 results
Beyond Meat, a company that sells plant-based meat alternatives, has missed earnings expectations in its third-quarter results, citing coronavirus “unpredictability”. The Los Angeles-based firm reported net revenue of $94.4m, up…
29 Oct 2020
Arable Labs nets $20m funding to digitise agriculture
US startup Arable Labs has today announced that it has raised $20m in Series B funding for its agriculture digitisation solutions. The funding round was led by Prelude Ventures, with…