Sweetgreen Sells Its Robotics Division to Wonder Group, But Keeps Using the Tech

Sweetgreen is selling its kitchen automation unit—home of the “Infinite Kitchen” robotic bowl-making system—to Wonder Group in a deal valued at $186 million ($100M in cash and $86M in stock). The technology, originally developed by startup Spyce and acquired by Sweetgreen in 2021, can assemble up to 500 meals per hour, reducing labor needs and employee turnover in stores where it’s installed.

Under the deal, Sweetgreen will still use the Infinite Kitchen systems in its restaurants—it just won’t own the division that builds them. Sweetgreen plans to have the robots in 30+ stores by year’s end, and expects half of new Sweetgreen locations in 2026 to include the automation.

For Sweetgreen, the sale comes during a year of revenue pressure, rising food and labor costs, and an 80% drop in market value. The company says offloading the robotics business allows it to focus on improving store performance while still benefiting from automation as a hedge on labor costs.

Wonder Group—owner of food halls, Grubhub, and meal kit brands—will scale the Infinite Kitchen to support its growing menu complexity. CEO Marc Lore said automation enables consistency more than workforce reduction:

“The more complexity you have, the more automation helps. Robots love complexity.”

Wonder plans to test the technology in New York in 2026 and deploy it in about half of its new locations by 2027. All 38 Sweetgreen automation employees will transfer to Wonder.