The Food Loft

03/20/2020

The food world is an especially close-knit and welcoming place. It nourishes us in more ways than one, it feeds our communities and it brings us together around one big table. Right now, our local businesses need us desperately. Edible Boston has put together a comprehensive and much-needed list of local establishments in the Greater Boston area that need your help. Click the link below to find them, or to add your own business to the list.

This is a list in flux… Please excuse typos and formatting as we try to get everyone’s info up! Listings are added in the order they come in; please scroll through and find everything you need! And, as situations change on the daily, be sure to check with each individual business. if you would l...

11/05/2019

We're excited to announce the launch of Caraway, thoughtfully designed cookware to make life in the kitchen easier and healthier. Visit http://carawayhome.com to check out their beautiful, modern, colorful cookware and use code TryCaraway50.

02/08/2019

Well, this is unfortunate.

Instead of protecting Americans' health, insiders at the CDC were dutifully helping Coke sell sugar water

02/08/2019

We've seen a lot of innovation around healthy kids lunches. Now, baby food is coming more to the forefront. Little Spoon is the latest example, with a new $7MM investment.

The startup, backed by Vaultier7 and Kairos, has delivered 1 million meals across the U.S. in the last year.

02/08/2019

The Future Market's Mike Lee on why the future of food is about biodiversity. A great read!

Biodiversity is crucial to the health of our food supply and it sits at the intersection of taste and sustainability. Biodiverse food is sustainable food.

02/08/2019

An interesting look across the food chain at F&B innovations that are impacting food operations in 2019.

Food developers love thinking about what "it" flavor is going to pop this year, or which vegetable will replace kale and cauliflower. But there are generally bigger, longer-term societal macro changes that drive these things.

02/08/2019

A whole new take on the zero-waste movement, Loop will ship you brand-name products. When you're done, ship the containers back to be reused. (One wonders whether all the shipping offsets the benefit of the zero-waste?)

Loop will send you name-brand products, like Tide detergent, Crest mouthwash, or Häagen Dazs ice cream. When you’re done, you ship the empty container back, where it gets cleaned and reused for the next customer.

02/08/2019

The Beyond Meat burger has gone from a young upstart to a staple in many grocery stores and fast-casual chains. We're still in the early days of disruption, but it can upend the beef industry.

Beyond Meat is replicating the animal-based hamburger. It's now sold in Whole Foods, Safeway, Target and Carl's Jr.

02/08/2019

A fascinating look from Grubstreet at bringing surge pricing to restaurants.

Proponents say it combats rising costs without raising prices — and they make a persuasive argument.

02/08/2019

After raising $125MM in funding, one of the old stalwarts of foodtech 1.0, Munchery, is shutting its doors. A novel concept when it launched, but as meal-kits, new restaurant delivery concepts and on-demand meal offerings proliferated, it's no wonder the company struggled.

On-demand food delivery startup Munchery is shutting down, the startup announced in an e-mail to customers on Monday.

01/03/2019

For those of you still mulling over 2019 resolutions (say, starting a new venture), this post on creating a theme for the year could be a great place to start.

Here are five to get you thinking.

01/03/2019

Wishing you a 2019 that is full of new ventures, successes, growth and opportunity. This year has a lot in store!