KFC is tapping virtual reality to improve its employees’ chicken frying skills. The fast food chain said Thursday that it’s debuting an employee-training program in which chefs learn to cook a batch of the company’s signature fried chicken inside a virtual kitchen…READ MORE
KEEP READINGFood-tech may have been written off last year after a spate of failures, but the sector has seen a resurgence…READ MORE
KEEP READINGAt a time when investors’ confidence in the Indian start-ups ecosystem shook in post 2015, questions were being raised on the survival of market-sensitive sectors. Food technology being the worst hit saw funding slump down to $80 million in 2017 from an attractive $500 million in 2014…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWith the increase of numbers of personal chefs, catering services, box-delivery, pop-up kitchen, on-demand-meals and on-demand-chefs, the demand for the commercial kitchen space in India is diminishing…READ MORE
KEEP READINGCraving a pizza but worried about calories? What if you could just ask a dietitian how many slices you can eat safely without putting on weight? Or how about changing your workout routine without spending too much? Thanks to a host of health-based mobile apps, you can now have your health and fitness queries answered right on your smartphone…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWith nearly 18 percent of the world’s population, it’s clear to see why most major food service brands are already well-represented in the world’s second most populous country of India. A new report from TechSci Research, however, shows that over the next five years, any brand that wants to seriously play there must also have powerful systems for both online ordering and meal delivery ready to roll…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWith the recent fund crunch and intense competition, food tech companies are looking for customers in unlikely places. In a recent report on the restaurant industry by Avendus Capital, food tech companies like Yumist (central kitchen, which operates in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru), Bite Club (Delhi NCR based aggregator of professional chefs) and InnerChef (provides meal/recipe box in seven cities) are eyeing institutional customers…READ MORE
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