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DUBAI: Bahrain-based FA Holding has invested $200,000 in a plant-based kids’ food startup in the UAE.
Sprout was founded by biochemist Oz Erbas and marketing technologist Katerina Papatryfon and its products are made 100 percent from plants, using locally sourced and organic ingredients from around the UAE.
The company is also developing an artificial intelligence-powered app which will help parents to plan their children’s meals and monitor their nutritional intake.
Bahrain’s FA Holding has been investing in startups for more than a decade and its portfolio ranges from traditional logistics and real estate to technology startups such as restaurant booking platform Eat App, biotechnology stem cell seafood company Finless Foods, juice maker Perfectly Pressed, volunteering app one% and football gaming app Malaeb.
Eat App announces Emaar Hospitality partnership
DUBAI, February 14, 2021 Eat App, a global leading restaurant reservations platform based in Dubai, has announced the launch of its unique restaurant reservation technology at The Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality and leisure business of Emaar Properties PJSC. The agreement will see the Eat App technology rolled out across the F&B portfolio of Emaar Hospitality Group, and will power the operations and guest management across 50+ restaurants including At.mosphere, Address Downtown, Address Marina Mall, Palace Downtown, Vida Hotels and Resorts, and Armani Hotels Dubai, amongst others. Nezar Kadhem, Co-founder & CEO of Eat App, said: “We are delighted to be working with a sophisticated F&B operator such as Emaar Hospitality Group, who shares our vision of world-class hospitality. In their hands, Eat App can truly be used to its full potential and we are excited to be working together to build the next generation
7 restaurant technology trends to watch in 2021
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The restaurant industry has traditionally been slow to adopt technology and innovative digital solutions. But in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic changed that and forced food and beverage outlets to look beyond the traditional. Many restaurants have recently turned to tech, even if reluctantly, to adapt to a new reality. One which includes less dine-in guests, more off-premise and al fresco dining, or plexiglass screens and table dividers, masks and gloves, and lots of sanitizing. Advertisements
Technology and innovation are what have helped, even saved, restaurants as they transform how they operate to not just survive, but thrive, in this new connected and contactless era. From online ordering, self-checkouts and touchless payments to delivery and pick-up, the F&B industry can no longer afford to ignore the trends that are helping businesses reinvent themselves to remain re