Culinary & Foodservice Sunday, October 25, 2026

HelloFresh deploys Locus Robotics fleet for chilled fulfillment expansion

HelloFresh Group has installed Locus Robotics' autonomous fleet in its chilled fulfillment space to support a fivefold capacity increase, achieving an initial mission time of 3:35 from order induction to box drop-off.

The numbers

3 minutes and 35 seconds Average mission time from order induction to box drop-off
211 million Meals delivered across eight brands in Q1 2026
11.6 percent Year-over-year decline in total orders in the first quarter
$1.9 Previous quarter revenue before dropping to $1.7 billion
$1.7 billion First quarter revenue following an 11.6 percent order decline

Sources

foodondemand.com

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