Culinary & Foodservice Saturday, August 8, 2026

Wonder buys Spyce to automate salad production in New York

Wonder acquired robotics firm Spyce from Sweetgreen for $186 million in November 2025, with plans to install 50 to 100 salad-making units in New York City by 2027.

The numbers

50 to 100 Planned salad-making unit installations in New York City by 2027
20 Number of Sweetgreen locations currently using Spyce robots
83 Number of Wonder brick-and-mortar stores
29 Number of different restaurant concepts served by Wonder
90% Percentage of sauce recipes the new machine will produce

Sources

restaurantbusinessonline.com

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