Food retailers like Walmart, Unilever and Nestlé are partnering with IBM on a blockchain collaboration intended to address food safety. Additional IBM partners include Dole, Driscoll’s, Golden State Foods, Kroger, McCormick and Company, McLane Company and Tyson Foods. They will work with IBM to identify new areas where the global supply chain can benefit from […]
If you’re into Instagram food porn, you’ll know how hungry you can get by just looking at people’s mouthwatering posts. So, in Brazil, Heinz capitalised on this by enabling Instagram users to actually eat the delicious food posts they were drooling over. The so-called “Irresistible Posts” campaign, created by ad agency Africa with the support […]
BuzzFeed’s foodie content platform Tasty has launched the Tasty One Top, a bluetooth-enabled induction cooktop. In an interesting move for a media company, Buzzfeed’s latest media rethink involves bringing its foodie platform Tasty into the kitchen with the launch of a smart appliance. Currently only available on pre-order in the US, the One Top connects […]
The start of the O2’s 10th birthday celebrations saw the arrival of three special cakes – a Ginger Br-Ed Sheeran, a Praline Dion and a JAM-iroquai – as their real-life counterparts embark on a series of special gigs at the venue. O2 commissioned famed food artist Lara Mason to create the life-size confectionary statues of […]
TripAdvisor is partnering with GrubHub to implement instantaneous access to delivery menus from its website and its mobile app. Consumers browsing TripAdvisor restaurant listings in the US will now have the option to order food from tens of thousands of Grubhub’s restaurant partners in 1,100 cities. By clicking the “Order Online” button, consumers are brought […]
Independent digital agency Deepend and Peters Ice Cream have launched a cross-channel campaign for Maxibon, including a bespoke app, which is available on both iTunes and Google Play, to encourage ‘Maxibonding’ between mates in Australia. In a three-pronged approach, the full campaign consists of nation-wide outdoor creative, unique digital assets including a tailored Snapchat lens, and […]
Vivian Ngwodo is part of a new generation of women, particularly women of African descent, who are using technology to take ownership of the entrepreneurial landscape. Born and raised in Nigeria, Vivian has always been a solutions provider, a problem solver and lover of food. In 2010, Vivian resigned from her Foreign Operations job in […]
Despite mobile’s secured space as the primary way to reach consumers, debates about the lack of creative formats remains an issue for publishers and marketers alike. Streaming radio provider Pandora is hoping to do its part to change that dynamic by rolling out a set of native ad units following a beta test begun in […]
Change4Life has launched a food tracker app in its annual January health push, helping parents keep an eye on kids’ salt, sugar and fat intake. Be Food Smart builds on Public Health England’s sugar tracking app in 2016. The latter was a runaway success with more than two million downloads. It works in a similar […]
Just Eat has acquired online food delivery rivals Hungryhouse, the UK-based food ordering platform of Germany’s Delivery Hero, and Canada’s SkipTheDishes for £266m. The acquisition of Hungryhouse is valued at £200m – with a further cash amount of £40m possible, depending on its performance between signing and completion of transaction. The purchase – funded through […]