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Chipotle tests robot avocado prep machine
Chipotle has unveiled a new avocado processing cobotic (collaborative robot) prototype called Autocado that cuts, cores, and peels avocados before...
Instacart launches AI-powered food inspiration search tool, Ask Instacart
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today launched Ask Instacart, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered search...
sweetgreen pilots automation at new restaurant
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, sweetgreen, the mission-driven restaurant brand serving healthy food at scale, announced the opening of its first restaurant powered...
Associated Food Stores to use AI-powered warehouse automation system
WILMINGTON, Mass., May 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Associated Food Stores BB #:102316, a provider of groceries and other goods...
WGA: growers spend $500,000 per year on automation
The second annual Western Growers Specialty Crop Automation Report reveals a 25 percent increase in average year-over-year agtech investment as...
Walmart reveals automation, growth plans
• Provides details on investment approach, centered around people and leveraging a state-of-the-art integrated supply chain network, to deliver a...
Study shows restaurant operators plan to automate up to 51% of store tasks by 2025
March 28, 2023 JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The recent 2023 Connected Restaurant Experience Study by Incisiv, conducted in collaboration with Verizon Business...
Study shows retailers to automate 70% of store tasks by 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The recent 2023 Connected Retail Experience Study, conducted by Incisiv in collaboration with Verizon Business, shows that retailers...
UNFI upgrades supply chain operations with AI, automation
Company implementing process improvements, new SAE technology tools and announcing the first of five planned Symbotic automation systems to enhance...
Save Mart implements automated micro-fulfillment
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Robotics startup Fulfil Solutions today unveiled a fully automated platform to revolutionize online grocery by making it profitable and...
Rescued produce smoothie machine opens in Canadian airport
BURNABY, British Columbia, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Travellers from across the globe visiting Vancouver International Airport (YVR) now...
Trigo, REWE launch Germany’s first fully automated supermarket
TEL AVIV, Israel & MUNICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company that builds systems for autonomous checkout and retail analytics,...
Trigo raises $100MM to scale AI-powered frictionless grocery retail platform
TEL AVIV, Israel – Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company building the infrastructure for autonomous retail stores and retail analytics...
Fully autonomous robotic restaurant to launch in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Mezli, a startup based in San Mateo, CA, has announced the launch of...
Survey shows 70% of drive-thru customers want more automation as wait times increase
SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Over the past two years, dine-in closures forced customers to switch to takeout, delivery, and drive-thru ordering....
Why asparagus is a good fit for mechanical harvest
The produce industry sometimes talks about automation as members of a cult talk about a long-overdue messiah. Sometimes the prospect...
Rewe opens Berlin’s first autonomous grocery store
June 28, 2022 TEL AVIV, Israel & BERLIN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company disrupting retail with frictionless checkout...
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