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Picnic Works

Picnic Works develops robotic pizza assembly stations to automate high-volume food production for restaurants, universities, stadiums, military bases, and grocery stores. Their Picnic Pizza Station drops into existing kitchen countertops with just a 208V outlet and assembles up to 130 oven-ready pizzas per hour using one operator.

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TECH MATURITY

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COUNTRY

USA

FUNDING STAGE

Series B

KEY OFFERINGS

The Picnic Pizza Station (models: Michelangelo™ with 2 bases for sauce/cheese/pepperoni; Leonardo™ with 3 bases adding toppings like sausage/onions): It automates pizza assembly to produce 130+ oven-ready pizzas per hour (16" size) with one operator, handling 7-17.5" round/square/rectangular crusts while reducing labor by 66%, food waste to 2%, and fitting existing kitchen footprints with just a 208V outlet.

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COUNTRY

USA

FUNDING STAGE

Series B

KEY OFFERINGS

The Picnic Pizza Station (models: Michelangelo™ with 2 bases for sauce/cheese/pepperoni; Leonardo™ with 3 bases adding toppings like sausage/onions): It automates pizza assembly to produce 130+ oven-ready pizzas per hour (16" size) with one operator, handling 7-17.5" round/square/rectangular crusts while reducing labor by 66%, food waste to 2%, and fitting existing kitchen footprints with just a 208V outlet.

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Germany Restaurant -Domino’s Pizza store, Tiergarten district, Berlin (2022): Pizza Station is an autonomous pizza assembly machine that assists Domino's employees by automatically applying sauce, cheese, freshly sliced meats, and other toppings to pizza dough, producing up to 100 pizzas per hour with one operator, enabling fresh and consistent pizza production while improving workflow efficiency in the kitchen.

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Germany Restaurant -Domino’s Pizza store, Tiergarten district, Berlin (2022): Pizza Station is an autonomous pizza assembly machine that assists Domino's employees by automatically applying sauce, cheese, freshly sliced meats, and other toppings to pizza dough, producing up to 100 pizzas per hour with one operator, enabling fresh and consistent pizza production while improving workflow efficiency in the kitchen.