Deliveroo Takes a Kitchen-Sink Approach to Food Apps

Food delivery apps don’t make money. That’s one of the big lessons venture capitalists have taken away from the past few years, as the startup graveyard has filled with names such as Sprig, Jinn, and Take Eat Easy. Despite the $100 billion market, margins are thin or nonexistent, and apps haven’t been …

In 2008, it counted itself among one of the nation’s growing food deserts—expanses of inhabited land devoid of purchasable fresh food. It was estimated that in 2017, 23.5 million Americans lived in a food desert, where instead of supermarkets, liquor stores and fast food vendors provide residents their …

The investigators expected that when no stimuli were presented, the participants would choose the food that they thought was more healthful. But in contrast, they hypothesized that with stimuli, the participants would select the associated reward, regardless of whether it was the healthful or unhealthful …

(That article warns non-Canadian readers away from calling the drink a Bloody Caesar.) More articles will appear next week leading up to Wednesday’s publication in the print editions of the special Canada Food section. Tickets are still available to two events next week featuring Sam Sifton, The Times’s …

The food and drink industry, from agriculture, fishing, aquaculture through to manufacturing is a significant contributor to the Scottish economy – with an annual turnover of around £14bn. According to Scottish Enterprise – although the manufacturing part of the industry accounts for only about six per cent of …

From the tropics to the poles, the effects of climate change are transforming environments that humans have known since prehistory. Chances of saving the world’s coral reefs are disappearing because of mass bleaching, according to a paper by scientists on four continents published in the journal Science …

When they tried the same experiment with canola oil, they found the mice getting the extra oil did worse on memory tests and had built up more brain plaques. The results may not be sufficient to make anyone give up canola oil, but they do make an important point — food affects the brain. Some media critics …