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  1. bean counters
    Is This the Future of New York’s Coffee Carts?High quality, low prices, lots of teal.
    By Elizabeth G. Dunn
  2. online groceries
    A New Online Grocer Helps Feed Hungry FamiliesThrive Market says it now helps feed over 1,000 families each month.
    By Clint Rainey
  3. murky waters
    Tech Companies Continue to ‘Innovate’ With New Tap-Water Subscription ServiceReefill charges a monthly fee for access to glorified water fountains.
    By Clint Rainey
  4. start-ups
    Latest Attempt to ‘Disrupt’ Bodegas Is a Self-Driving Corner Store on WheelsRobomart is trying to offer users a vast curbside array of produce and baked goods.
    By Clint Rainey
  5. ruff deal
    ‘Rooffee,’ the First Coffee for Dogs, Raises Plenty of QuestionsThat head-scratching name is just the first of many.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. meal kits
    Trendy New Meal-Kit Service Requires Buying a $400 ‘Smart Oven’Tovala thinks the future is baking everything in a Wi-Fi-enabled combi oven.
    By Clint Rainey
  7. Pet Owners Can Rejoice at Cat Wine TastingsFluffy can now decide if she wants the Mëow & Chandon or a Catbernet.
    By Clint Rainey
  8. money troubles
    Munchery Is the Latest Food-Delivery Start-up to Admit to StrugglingIt’s not the only one having a hard time.
    By Chris Crowley
  9. money troubles
    A New Report Shows Just How Hard the Food-Delivery Business Really IsA leaked document from Maple paints a revealing, and thought-provoking, portrait.
    By Chris Crowley
  10. This Organic Edible Coating Can Quintuple the Shelf Life of FruitApeel creates an “imperceptible” barrier from plant by-products that slows down decay.
    By Clint Rainey
  11. start-ups
    The ‘CHiP’ Promises to Be the Keurig of CookiesIt offers 27 types of ten-minute pod cookies.
    By Clint Rainey
  12. meal kits
    Blue Apron Shipped Food for 3 Years Without Proper Government ApprovalIt registered last month, three days after a damning report came out.
    By Clint Rainey
  13. workers’ rights
    Second Blue Apron Warehouse Supposedly Plagued by Ongoing ViolenceA New York Post report claims Jersey’s distribution center is “a real fight club.”
    By Clint Rainey
  14. Did Blue Apron’s Fast Growth Create Sweatshoplike Conditions in Its Warehouse?A report says violence, safety violations, and low pay plague the meal-kit service’s Bay Area fulfillment center.
    By Clint Rainey
  15. magic mushrooms
    A Start-Up Invented a Way to Make Foods Less Sugary Using MushroomsMycoTechnology says fungi mask the bitter taste found in most sweet foods.
    By Clint Rainey
  16. Innovation
    Former White House Chef Sam Kass Has Joined a Silicon Valley Start-upHe’s now the “chief consumer experience officer” for Innit, a company that aims to make every American a better cook.
    By Chris Crowley
  17. Bursting Bubbles
    There’s Now an Ecofriendly Way to Carbonate SodaA Swiss start-up says it’s in the middle of finalizing deals with Big Soda.
    By Clint Rainey
  18. Crowd-Funding
    This Start-up Wants to Be the Uber of Grilled Cheese“We’re thinking drones.”
    By Sierra Tishgart
  19. Startups
    Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson Are Crowd-Funding the Final $150K for TheirRené Redzepi thinks it’s a great idea.
    By Clint Rainey
  20. Startups
    In-Home Chef Service Kitchit Raised $7.5 Million to Put Prix Fixe on More TablesIt will use funds to expand to more cities and beef up its same-day dinner service.
    By Clint Rainey
  21. Startups
    David Chang Will Launch His Own Food-Delivery Start-upThe goal: Get food to your door in 15 minutes flat.
    By Hugh Merwin
  22. Jiminy Cricket!
    Cricket Protein Bars Just Secured $1 Million in FundingIs it time to eat bugs now?
    By Hugh Merwin
  23. Startups
    Anthony Weiner’s Next Job: Restaurant OwnerThe project is called Rockaway Restoration Kitchen.
    By Hugh Merwin
  24. Grub Guides
    14 New York Tech Start-Ups With Pretty Great Food and Drink PerksFree drip coffee, Parm sandwiches, and Kegerators: all in a day’s work.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  25. Startups
    New Venture TableHost Says It Can Get You In. Can It?New reservation service.
    By Michael Gebert
  26. Start-ups
    New Start-up Treatful Aims to Be the Kinder, Gentler GrouponThe Bay Area-based start-up sells virtual gift cards on behalf of restaurants, but isn’t a deal site.
    By Jay Barmann