SEATTLE – Retailers looking to up their pizza output might want to consider Picnic Works' Pizza Station, which makes up to 100 pizzas per hour with a single operator.
The company is taking pre-orders on its website as its Pizza Station becomes available. Deposits can be made on one of two configurations for 2022:
- The Works: A modular assembly line to deliver sauce, cheese, fresh-sliced pepperoni and toppings
- The Essentials: When all that is needed is sauce, cheese and fresh-sliced pepperoni
The Pizza Station can significantly reduce food waste, said Picnic Works, a Seattle-based innovator of food production technology. The machine helps kitchens lower costs by decreasing food waste and streamlining operations through robotic automation and human innovation, the company said.
“We work every day to revolutionize the foodservice industry with our innovative technology, and success in our Series A round of funding has added fuel to our development,” said Clayton Wood, CEO of Picnic. “In addition to investor recognition, our partners, the media and our newest customers are embracing the Picnic solution to save kitchens time, money and labor while consistently delivering the perfect pizza. We have defined our core values, seen incredible industry demand for our solution, and we see that the transformation into food automation is arriving. Automation is going to be the answer that wins.”
Picnic Works’ team grew by 83% in 2021, allowing Picnic to expand its engineering, roboticists, food engineers, marketing and customer support teams, the company said. Even with this growth, Picnic continues to hire for all job functions as customer demand increases.
Picnic is working closely with Orion Land Mark, a supplier of pizza and pizza components to the convenience-store industry worldwide; the National Service Cooperative, a leader in foodservice equipment; and Baseline Hardware Financing, supplying financial support in customer deployments.
Another industry partner is Ethan Stowell Restaurants, a strategic culinary and chef partnership.
“We pride ourselves on creating unique experiences and refined, delicious food, and look forward to lending our expertise to Picnic,” said Ethan Stowell, founder and CEO of Ethan Stowell Restaurants. “The Picnic Pizza Station provides value to kitchens of all sizes. From small pizzerias to large stadiums, everyone understands the benefits of saving time and money. Picnic is unique in that it offers all of the above.”
Recent Picnic event appearances include the Pizza Expo, where the team showcased the Picnic Pizza Station pizza-making prowess. Picnic was honored with additional top industry recognition in 2021, including the National Restaurant Association’s prestigious Kitchen Innovations 2021 Award. The National Restaurant Association holds a majority stake in Winsight Holdings LLC, parent company of CSP.
Founded in 2016, Picnic Works has collected an experienced team of food and technology industry veterans to develop and provide specialized intelligent technology and exclusive solutions for the food service and hospitality industries. Restaurants, c-stores, grocery stores, restaurants, university and corporate campuses, casinos, hotels, cruise lines, sports venues, catering groups, healthcare cafeterias, small kiosks, ghost kitchen operators, mobile food operations, food trucks, delivery and military sites are among the segments poised to benefit from the company’s automated food assembly platform integrating RaaS, software, cloud and deep learning technology.
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