Culinary & FoodserviceMonday, November 2, 2026
A 2026 MachineQ report indicates that 52.5% of U.S. quick-service and fast-casual operators intend to invest in IoT for back-of-house monitoring and compliance automation within the next two years.
Southern Co-op and Scotmid have selected SymphonyAI's platform to use AI clustering to tailor product assortments at the individual store level.
The FDA cleared 295 AI/ML-enabled medical devices in 2025, with 62% being software as a medical device and 63% diagnostic tools.
Instacart’s Caper Smart Carts are now operational in 15 US states and internationally, featuring NVIDIA Jetson-powered recommendations and side-camera shelf-scanning AI.
Datos Insights reported that 75,000 self-ordering kiosks were delivered worldwide in the year to June 2025, bringing global installations to nearly 450,000 terminals.
Aggrigator has acquired Precision Nutrition Technologies LLC to develop a food-as-medicine operating system that integrates causal AI, biometric data, and farm-to-consumer logistics for chronic care.
