Pizza Robot Company Picnic Raises $16.3M Series A, Adds Strategic Partners

This brings the total amount of funding raised by Picnic to $34.2 million. At the same time, Picnic also announced new strategic partnerships with with food service industry company Orion Land Mark, Ethan Stowell Restaurants, National Service Cooperative and Baseline Hardware Financing.

Picnic Announces Updates to its Automated Pizza Assembly System and Grows Leadership Team with Key Industry Experts

November 4, 2020 Picnic

Seattle-based Picnic™, an innovator of food production technology and Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) solutions, announced today updates to its automated pizza assembly system.

World’s First Pizza Subscription Service Launches in Toronto

September 16, 2020 General Assembly Pizza

Beloved downtown Toronto fast casual restaurant, General Assembly Pizza (GA), launched the world’s first pizza subscription service today at gapizza.com.

Schwan’s Company Begins Major Pizza Plant Expansion in Kansas

August 17, 2020 Schwan’s Company

Schwan’s first began operating a pizza plant in Salina in April 1970, when it acquired the Tony’s® pizza brand and plant from a Salina businessman. Employees at the facility continue to produce Tony’s® and Red Baron® pizza for grocery stores nationwide, as well as pizzas for food-service venues such as schools.

Picnic Unveils Industry-First Automated Pizza Assembly Platform Using Robotics-As-A-Service

October 1, 2019 Picnic

The platform will initially focus on the production of high-volume, customizable pizzas, made with any kind of ingredients, consistently and sequentially, at a rate of up to 180 18” or 300 12” pizzas per hour.