Culinary & Foodservice Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Sweetgreen sells robotic kitchen line to Wonder for $186.4 million

Sweetgreen sold its Spyce-derived 'Infinite Kitchen' robotic salad and bowl assembly line to Wonder for $186.4 million, with Wonder planning to install the system in its Manhattan locations in 2026.

The numbers

$186.4 million Sweetgreen sold the Infinite Kitchen technology to Wonder for this amount.
100 locations White Castle expanded the Flippy partnership to more than this many locations.
14 Flippy 2 units Number of active Flippy 2 units confirmed at the end of 2025.
$6.99 Starting price for bowls at the autonomous restaurant Mezli.

Sources

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