On Friday, Astanor Ventures, a backer French insect breeder Ynsect as well as Germany’s vertical farmer InFarm stated, it had raised a $325 million fund to invest in sustainable agriculture, food, and ocean technology startups. The new fund will back ventures that seek to make the food supply more resilient to climate change and attempt…
Online sales are forecast to grow at 43.8% to 16.7 billion pounds in the next five years. On Thursday, researcher IGD forecast, Britain’s food and grocery industry, driven by the online and discounter channels, is set to grow by 12.5% to $272.8 billion (217.7 billion pounds) by 2024. Online will be the fastest growing channel…
Marks & Spencer has entered into a joint venture with online supermarket pioneer Ocado and has thus forayed into the online full delivery service market. On Wednesday, British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has agreed to form a joint venture with Ocado, an online supermarket pioneer. The development assumes significance since it would provide M&S…
Amazon has 5 logistics centers in France. It now plans on opening a 142,000-square-foot delivery warehouse later this year. The ramping up of investments in its infrastructure and services in the country along with the settling of long-running taxes with French tax authorities, are a pointer to the strategic role France is to play in…
The move marks the latest effort by companies in Japan to fight Amazon.com from gaining a foothold in the island nation. On Friday, Japanese business daily NHK reported, SoftBank Group Corp, Yahoo Japan Corp and Aeon Co Ltd plan on launching an online retail business. The online retail business will sells all kinds of products…
The two previous attempts at a mergers were unsuccessful due to its sheer complexity. This time with Schneider Electric separating its software business ahead of the merger proved instrumental in signing the deal. On Tuesday, Britain-based Aveva Group disclosed that it has agreed to be acquired by France-based Schneider Electric’s software business and in the…
Artic’s GMO Apple fruits on sale may not be labelled as such, and could only feature QR code which when scanned will tell you of their GMO background. Thanks to GMO produce, mushrooms will not be the only non-browning item on store shelves, Golden Apples which don’t oxidize for 3 weeks after they have been…
Turning food scraps into rich fertiliser ready for your lawn/garden has never been this easy. Although many municipalities in the United States, including, New York, San Francisco, Portland, etc have composting services, the majority of our states do not enjoy this luxury. Most folks still compost their unwanted, left-over food the old-way: put them in a…
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