Food

20 stories about Food
המבורגר מחתרתי פנאי

Covert Burger Delivery Service Takes Over Tel Aviv

18.01.19|Reut Barnea and Amarelle Wenkert
Operated by a man who identifies as The Professor, the clandestine service delivers a small batch of hamburgers ordered through a Whatsapp chat, sometimes days in advance
חנוכה סופגנייה סופגניות רולדין

Israel’s Humble Doughnut Glams Up for the Age of Instagram

02.12.18|Amarelle Wenkert
Country-wide baked goods chain Roladin now publishes annual catalogs featuring models styled and made up to resemble the year’s collection of doughnuts
רוכשת בחנות אמזון גו ב סיאטל

The Time Has Come for the Retail Food Industry to Storm Ahead

30.11.18|Uri Kilstein
As e-commerce companies venture into the brick-and-mortar food market, food retailers must up their game—and their technologies—to stay ahead, writes Shufersal executive Uri Kilstein
WOLT וולט

Finnish Food Delivery App Wolt Is Coming to Tel Aviv

08.10.18|Orna Yefet
In July, Dutch online food delivery company Takeaway.com announced the acquisition of Tel Aviv-based 10bis, the dominant food delivery service in the Israeli Market
משחק גולף

Tel Aviv-Based Drone Company Airdrops Burgers to Hungry Golfers

16.09.18|Tofi Stoler
Drone delivery company Flytrex has partnered with North Dakota’s King's Walk Golf Course to offer food deliveries to golfers on the course
קרמבו 28.8.18

Israel’s Beloved Chocolate-Coated Treat Loses Its Bling

28.08.18|Amarelle Wenkert
After five decades, popular Israeli chocolate-coated egg foam treat, Krembo, will be sold without its shiny aluminum foil wrapping, saving over 13 tons of aluminum a year
אוכל סטייק בשר

Buyers, Investors Gobble Up Israeli Foodtech

23.08.18|Tofi Stoler
From the acquisitions of SodaStream and Frutarom to startups developing alternative protein sources and a vegan crypto coin, here are some of CTech’s most popular food-related stories
 אשחר בן שטרית מייסד חברת Eat-Jet תחרות פודטק 2018

Jet-Eat Wants to 3D Print Vegan Steaks

09.08.18|Naomi Zoref
Tel Aviv-based startup Jet-Eat develops 3D printing technologies for vegan meat substitutes. The printed meat substitute is designed to emulate the appearance, texture, taste, and reaction to heat of beef
פיצה של ניצן רז שף מסעדת אונו פנאי

This Startup Promises to Keep Pizza Fresh for Eight Weeks

09.08.18|Tomer Hadar
Israel-based startup Timeless Foods makes firm disposable plastic containers for vacuum packaging of delicate foods
 טלי נחושתן מנכ"לית InnovoPro תחרות פודטק 2018

Alternative Protein Startups Win Calcalist’s Foodtech Innovation Competition

09.08.18|Tomer Hadar, Naomi Zoref, and Inbal Omer
InnovoPro, which develops a technology for extracting concentrated protein from chickpeas, and Hargol FoodTech, a commercial grasshopper farming startup, were selected out of 10 finalists
יטסה חרון

The Curious Case of the Israeli Lunch Card

31.07.18|Ran Abramson and Hagar Ravet
Amsterdam-listed food delivery company Takeaway.com sees 10bis, an Israeli company it acquired, as a way to start catering to businesses
מייסד תן ביס תמיר כרמלי

Takeaway.com Deal Highlights Israel’s Top Job Perk: Prepaid Lunch Cards

30.07.18|Hagar Ravet, Nurit Kadosh and Omri Milman
On Saturday, Takeaway.com announced a 135 million euros deal to acquire Tel Aviv-based lunch card provider 10bis
פנאי עיצוב מסעדה מחניודה

Upserve Acquires Inventory Management Company SimpleOrder

26.07.18|CTech
Tel Aviv-based SimpleOrder develops a system that helps restaurants manage their inventory of perishables, detect changing prices in real time, and automatically calculate the actual cost of dishes
ארוחה טבעונית ירקות

Meditation App Headspace Ventures Into Mindful Eating

23.07.18|Amarelle Wenkert
The 10-day meditation series will provide tips on making “thoughtful food choices” and teach users to “truly appreciate” the food they are eating
יעל וייס גדיש bitemojo ועידת תיירות

Bitemojo Connects People and Places Through Food, Says Founder

19.07.18|Anat Danieli
The app lets users select, navigate to, and pay for unique, off-the-beaten-path food experiences
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McDonald’s Reports Record Sales in Israel

09.07.18|Tofi Stoler
McDonald’s tailored its menu for the Israeli market with health-oriented items such as freshly-cut salads, chicken wraps, and baby carrot snacks
פנאי דיל אונזה ארוחות ערב ב מסעדה

Restaurant Digital Payment Platform PaidIt Raises $1 Million

28.06.18|Amarelle Wenkert
Paidit is after a seat at the Israeli tech lunch table, marketing its dining payment service to tech companies and coworking places
חומוס מאזטים רייצ'ל ריי טוויטר

Vegan Startup Launches “Cruelty-Free” Digital Coin

10.06.18|Amarelle Wenkert
The company describes itself as a global decentralized vegan “nation” based on blockchain technology. A national vegan flag is in the works, according to a company spokesman
אורי יהודאי מנכ"ל פרוטרום

Frutarom Completes $30-Million Acquisition of Brazil’s Bremil

01.06.18|Hezi Sternlicht
Executives at the Brazil-based producer of savory solutions for food products will continue to run the company
צילום מסך מתוך חשבון האינסטגרם של השף שגב משה

Diplomats Take Offense at Shoe Dessert Served to Japanese Prime Minister in Israel

07.05.18|Asaf Shalev
The unusual dessert was served to Shinzo Abe at the formal dinner hosted by Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu