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From lab-grown proteins to delivery apps, technology is changing what we eat and how it reaches us. This section collects stories on food-tech startups, restaurant and grocery software, agricultural innovation, and the investments fueling the sector.

Stories that show up here range from delivery platform earnings and grocery automation to cultivated meat approvals, vertical farming ventures, and the point-of-sale and kitchen software reshaping restaurants. Funding news and shutdowns in the sector both get attention, since food tech has seen plenty of each.

Food is a trillion-dollar industry with thin margins, which makes every efficiency gain from software or robotics significant. Founders, restaurant operators, investors, and anyone curious about the future of eating follow this space to see which innovations survive contact with real kitchens and farms.

The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew
2026-04-15

McDonald's Japan has updated its mobile app to allow customers to browse the full menu and pay for their meals in advance via smartphone, enabling them to skip the cashier line. Alongside the new digital ordering features, the fast-food chain has also refreshed its promotional food photography, now featuring burgers with intentionally slightly askew buns.