F&B News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/fb Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:25:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Favicon-1-e1705495184773-32x32.png F&B News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/fb 32 32 Goya deploys Pallet Shuttle system in Toledo operations https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/supply-chain/goya-deploys-pallet-shuttle-system-into-toledo-operations.html Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:18:42 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28863 Distributor of Latin American food products in Europe, Goya, has expanded its warehouse in Casarrubios del Monte (Toledo province) with Mecalux’s semi-automated Pallet Shuttle. Goya Europa, a subsidiary of the [...]

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]]> Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/robotics-automation-in-review-2025-the-stories-signals-and-shifts-that-shaped-the-year.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28826 If 2024 was the year robotics and automation proved it could scale, 2025 was the year the conversation moved on to how it scales: skills, integration, capital, regulation and measurable [...]

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]]> Premier Foods invests £19m to expand automation and capacity at Ambrosia’s Lifton site https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/facilities/premier-foods-invests-19m-to-expand-automation-and-capacity-at-ambrosias-lifton-site.html Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:46:04 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28269 UK manufacturing company Premier Foods has announced a £19m, two-phase investment at its Ambrosia factory in Lifton, Devon, to increase production capacity, improve efficiency and support more than 320 jobs. [...]

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]]> Serve Robotics and Little Caesars launch autonomous robot delivery with Uber Eats https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/serve-robotics-and-little-caesars-launch-autonomous-robot-delivery-with-uber-eats.html Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:14:18 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28060 Serve Robotics Inc., a leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, has partnered with Little Caesars, the third-largest pizza chain in the United States, to deliver the brand’s pizza using autonomous delivery [...]

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]]> Yango Group and Expo City Dubai launch autonomous food delivery service https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/yango-group-and-expo-city-dubai-launch-autonomous-food-delivery-service.html Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:03:08 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28045 Yango Group and Expo City Dubai have announced a collaboration to introduce an autonomous food delivery service within Expo City Dubai. The service will use a fleet of self-driving delivery [...]

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]]> Picnic opens TGW Logistics-automated fulfilment centre in Germany to support expansion https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/fb/picnic-opens-tgw-logistics-automated-fulfilment-centre-in-germany-to-support-expansion.html Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:22:48 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28022 Online grocery store Picnic has opened a new highly-automated fulfilment centre in Oberhausen, Germany, as part of its strategy to expand within the German market. The facility was developed in [...]

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]]> Richtech Robotics joint venture partner secures US$4m sales agreement to expand in Asia’s AI robotics market https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/robotics-as-a-service/27969.html Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:06:35 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27969 Richtech Robotics, a Nevada-based developer of AI-powered service robots, announced today that its Chinese joint venture, Boyu Artificial Intelligence Technology has signed a multi-million-dollar sales agreement with Beijing Tongchuang Technology [...]

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]]> Saga Robotics, Bitwise Agronomy, and Chambers Farm join forces for strawberry cultivation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/fb/saga-robotics-bitwise-agronomy-and-chambers-farm-join-forces-for-strawberry-cultivation.html Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:56:06 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27882 Saga Robotics, the company behind the autonomous Thorvald robot, has announced a three-way collaboration with AI crop insights specialist Bitwise Agronomy and leading UK soft fruit grower Chambers Farm. The [...]

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]]> Paulig venture arm backs Swedish agritech company BlueRedGold with €2.73m investment https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/paulig-venture-arm-backs-swedish-agritech-company-blueredgold-with-e2-73m-investment.html Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:48:26 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27771 PINC, the venture capital arm of international food company Paulig, has led a €2.73m investment in the Swedish AgriTech start-up BlueRedGold. The round also included participation from The Food Tech [...]

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]]> Donatos automates pizza-making with Appetronix https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/cobots/donatos-automates-pizza-making-with-appetronix.html Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:32:57 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=27657 Donatos Pizza is set to open its first fully autonomous restaurant this month at John Glenn Columbus International Airport, marking a significant step in the company’s integration of advanced robotics [...]

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