Target ends relationship with troubled food maker Hampton Creek
Target Corp. will no longer sell products made by food startup Hampton Creek Inc. after an internal review, the latest major blow to the beleaguered maker of Just Mayo eggless...
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Inside the board resignations at food startup Hampton Creek
Last week, employees at Hampton Creek Inc. received some startling news. Four of the food startup's five board members had quit, leaving only Hampton Creek's co-founder and chief executive officer,...
Juicero cuts 25 percent of staff as startup struggles
Juicero Inc., the startup behind the $399 internet-connected juice machine, said it's cutting 25 percent of its staff. The job reductions, which are primarily in sales and marketing, are being...
Airbnb said to turn a profit, expects earnings this year
Late last year, as many technology startups were struggling to stay afloat, Airbnb Inc. quietly reached a milestone few of its peers had achieved: profitability. Airbnb became profitable for the...
When their shifts end, Uber drivers set up camp in parking lots
In the 1970s, the Safeway grocery store in San Francisco's gleaming Marina neighborhood, known as the Social Safeway, was a cornerstone of the pre-Tinder dating scene. Armistead Maupin made it...
Fitbit buys software assets from smartwatch startup Pebble
Fitbit Inc., the fitness band maker, has acquired software assets from struggling smartwatch startup Pebble Technology Corp., a move that will help it better compete with Apple. The purchase excludes...
Hampton Creek’s mayo buybacks said to prompt inquiry by the SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into whether a San Francisco-based food technology startup broke the law by not disclosing that it was buying its own vegan mayonnaise from...
Hampton Creek ran undercover project to buy up its Just Mayo product: records
In late 2014, fledgling entrepreneur Josh Tetrick persuaded investors to plow $90 million into his vegan food startup Hampton Creek Inc. Tetrick had impressed leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms...