DoorDash Plans to Buy Deliveroo and SevenRooms
DoorDash announced two deals worth billions of dollars on Tuesday, saying it has agreed to acquire Deliveroo, the British food delivery company, and SevenRooms, a platform used by hotels…
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Michigan Chefs Want to Put Food on Your Plate. The Government Is Getting in the Way
Shrinking the regulatory labyrinth would provide lower prices and better choices for consumers. Source link
The US has approved CRISPR pigs for food
What’s certain is that the pig project was technically impressive and scientifically clever. Genus edited pig embryos to remove the receptor that the PRRS virus uses to enter cells. No…
FDA reverses more layoffs—reinstating fired food scientists, travel staff
For the second time in recent months, the Food and Drug Administration is bringing back some recently fired employees, including staffers who handle travel bookings for safety inspectors.…
Artificial food dyes are being phased out. Food companies are racing to replace them
As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow’s laboratory desk. On an April afternoon, the scientist hovered over tiny…
F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
Federal health officials have reversed the decision to fire a few dozen scientists at the Food and Drug Administration’s food-safety labs, and say they are conducting a review to determine…
No More Food Dye in Froot Loops? Not So Fast.
Same cereal. Same sugary taste. Different hues. A box of Froot Loops sold in the United States contains vivid rings of red, orange, green, purple, yellow and blue — neon colors derived…
José Andrés on AI, crisis tech, and rethinking the food system
As the founder of World Central Kitchen, renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés has truly mastered the art of leading through crisis. Andrés shares insights from his new book, Change…
RFK Jr. to phase out 8 widely used food dyes
U.S. health officials said they plan to phase out eight petroleum-based artificial colors from the nation’s food supply, triggering an overhaul of scores of brightly hued products on…
LoveShackFancy’s Retail Expansion Game Plan: Open in Lifestyle Centers With Food and Drink
When it comes to opening new retail stores, LoveShackFancy has specific criteria. The company, known for catering to a multigenerational audience with its fairytale aesthetic,…
DoorDash is now sending food in delivery robots. That’s as good and bad as you think
DoorDash has a new delivery partner: Coco the robot. Starting this week, some customers in Los Angeles and Chicago have the option to select robot delivery from hundreds of participating…
This French company made life-saving food cheaper and boosted global nutrition
About 19 million children under 5 around the world suffer from severe acute malnutrition every year. This life-threatening condition kills 400,000 of them—that’s one child every 10…
Tired of overdramatic TikTok food influencers? Professional critics are too
TikTok and Instagram are flooded with reels of food influencers hyping already viral restaurants or bringing hundreds of thousands of eyes to hidden gems. With sauce-stained lips,…
JD.com’s food delivery foray unnerves investors as shares lag
INVESTORS in shares of JD.com face a gut check in next week’s earnings report from the online retailer as it girds for battle in the food-delivery space currently dominated by Meituan.…
Food Empire H2 profit down 3.2% at US$28.9 million
FOOD Empire’s net profit fell 3.2 per cent to US$28.9 million for the second half ended Dec 31, 2024, from US$29.8 million in the same period the year before. Meanwhile, its revenue rose…
Neiman Marcus Serves Up Food and Fashion in Café Society Spring Campaign
The worlds of food and fashion collide in Neiman Marcus‘ spring ad campaign. Dubbed Café Society, the campaign celebrates the synergy between fashion and culinary culture. The luxury…
Melrose Hill Came Alive During Frieze Week L.A. 2025
The streets of Melrose Hill were electric during Frieze week. It’s a part of Los Angeles few have been familiar with by name, until recently.The strip — near the intersection of Western…
This USAID Program Made Food Aid More Efficient for Decades. DOGE Gutted It Anyways
Chemonics spokesperson Payal Chandiramani says USAID has indicated that Fews Net should qualify for a waiver, and it is working with the agency to determine how it should apply. USAID and…
What new DOGE firings at the FDA could mean for food safety and medical devices
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees who review the safety of…
Silvio Soldini’s ‘The Tasters,’ About German Women Forced to Taste Hitler’s Food, Scores Slew of Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Italian director Silvio Soldini’s “The Tasters,” which reconstructs the true story of the women conscripted to be Adolf Hitler’s food tasters, is scoring a slew of sales at the European…
The worse traffic gets, the more fast food people eat
Road congestion is a persistent thorn in the side of our car-centric society. It’s loud, stressful, dangerous, and worsens air quality. It’s been linked to all kinds of adverse health…
Scan First, Buy Second: How the Yuka App Broke Through — and Changed the Way People Purchase Food and Beauty Products
“Global impact” may not have been item number one on Yuka’s to-do list when the app launched in 2017, but it sure is now. And for good reason: the product-scanning app, cofounded in Paris…
McDonald’s profits dented by food poisoning outbreak
MCDONALD’S reported a dip in profits on Monday as it contended with lingering effects from a US food poisoning outbreak that depressed sales in its home market. The fast-food giant, which…
Dad bites into chocolate bar, immediately notices something is very wrong
A man treated his family to a bar of chocolate, only to go viral for what he found inside. Daniel, 37, lives in Bristol in the U.K., and recently picked up a large Cadbury's Dairy Milk…