Welcome to First Bite, a Nation’s Restaurant News podcast, your daily source of news from NRN hosted by Holly Petre.
Today, we’re examining Chipotle’s latest investments in both the tech and plant-based space.
Chipotle announced Thursday it would be investing in two startup companies, Hyphen and Meati Foods, through its $50 million Cultivate Next fund launched earlier this year.
The first is a new robotics company designed to improve makelines with the use of, what else, robots. NRN senior editor Lisa Jennings sheds more light on Hyphen.
Meati Foods is a mushroom-based plant food company that’s using the meaty substitute to counter the chemical-packed plant-based alternative world.
Then we turn to our tech reporter, NRN senior editor Joanna Fantozzi, for more on how this impacts the tech sector and how these tools fit into that sphere.
Plus, catch up on all the top news of the day with our daily news recap at the beginning of each episode.
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