One meal kit startup is taking on the market with a new business model. Tovala discounts a steam oven — relatively new technology for a residential kitchen — to entice consumers to sign up for a meal kit subscription service. The idea is to make...
Chicago-based startup subscription service and steam oven creator Tovala has received new funding from Tyson Ventures, the investment arm of food giant Tyson Foods, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 6) TechCrunch report. The exact amount of the funding was not disclosed, but Tyson’s investment appears...
Although many people equate blockchain technology with the banking and computer worlds, the technology is changing the food landscape as well. Companies like Walmart, Kroger and Nestle recently joined a partnership effort involving blockchain, signaling that the Internet of Things is making its way into...
IBM’s project to explore blockchain technology to track food supply and improve safety has some new big-name partners, including Nestle, Unilever and Tyson Foods among others. In a press release Tuesday (Aug. 22) IBM announced the blockchain collaboration, saying the new partners are aimed at...
February 27, 2018
Shipping — by road, sea, air or rail — is becoming more costly as operators across shipping routes push for higher margins. That push has left some of America’s larger retail players like General Mills and Tyson in a rather difficult bind, according to a recent Reuters article. Such firms can either pay more for deliveries and […]
February 07, 2018
Chicago-based startup subscription service and steam oven creator Tovala has received new funding from Tyson Ventures, the investment arm of food giant Tyson Foods, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 6)...
