by Tom Kaiser | Apr 14, 2022 | Briefs, News
An accelerated partnership from Zume and Solenis aims to replace plastic and styrofoam foodservice packaging with a new line of PFAS-free products that the two companies claim is better for the environment. Doubling down on an existing partnership, the two companies...
by Tom Kaiser | Aug 19, 2021 | Automation, News
In a move Zume calls an unprecedented technological breakthrough, the tech-focused developer of sustainable packaging has created a substitute for single-use plastics it is open sourcing in partnership with Solenis for food packaging manufacturers and consumer...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 22, 2021 | Automation, News, Top Stories
Zume, a tech-focused pizza brand that morphed into a developer of robots and sustainable packaging, secured $122 million to build the world’s first compostable packaging factory powered entirely by renewable energy. After spending years building bespoke packaging...
by Nicholas Upton | Jan 17, 2020 | News
Last week, the food tech industry and VC world was abuzz with yet another SoftBank investment making drastic changes. For in all the bluster and grand statements about Zume in the media last week, the facts around the company that was part pizza company, part...
by Tom Kaiser | Oct 17, 2019 | Automation, Best Practices, Top Stories
An atypical California-based pizza brand is diversifying itself beyond delivering pizzas into developing mobile delivery kitchens and new packaging to reduce the environmental impact of meal delivery. Originally started as a pizza restaurant that pivoted into mobile...