nestle News of 12/10/19

Startup Aims To Make Filtered Water An App-Driven Subscription Service In The Home

With so many scandals around the quality of tap water these days, especially in the US, many people are turning to bottled water to drink. But this requires single-use plastics that are wreaking havoc on the environment. One startup in Europe, ...

McDonald’S Starts Selling Its Beyond Meat-Based “P.L.T.” Sandwich In Canada

McDonald’s first foray into the plant-based protein patty market in North America is launching today in Canada . The company’s “P.L.T.” (plant, lettuce, and tomato) sandwich, which uses patties from Beyond Meat, is now on ...

Food Delivery Startup Dahmakan Eats Up $5m For Expansion In Southeast Asia

It’s harvest season for Southeast Asia’s full-stack food delivery startups. Following on from Singapore’s Grain raising $10 million , so Malaysia-based Dahmakan today announced a $5 million financing round of its own. The money ...

Kargo Is Disrupting Logistics In Myanmar, One Of The World’S Most Challenging Countries

Founders in Seattle recently bemoaned a lack of capital and support when compared to Silicon Valley — what about those building startups in more remote markets? Kargo , a company that takes the spirit of Uber and brings it to the ...

AWS Opens Up Its Managed Blockchain As A Service To Everybody

After announcing that they were launching a managed blockchain service late last year, Amazon Web Services is now opening that service up for general availability . It was only about five months ago that AWS chief executive Andy Jassy announced ...

Blueland Launches With A Suite Of Eco-Friendly Cleaning Supplies Designed To Reduce Plastic Waste

Sarah Paiji had the idea to launch the eco-friendly refillable cleaning supply retailer Blueland after hearing about the abundance of microplastics in the water she was using to dilute her child’s baby formula. Paiji wanted to cut back on ...

Workplace, Facebook’S Enterprise Platform, Adds Another Major Customer, Nestle

While Facebook continues to repair its image with consumers disenchanted with the social network’s role in disseminating misleading or false information and mishandling their personal data, it’s ironically been finding some traction for ...