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HelloFresh expands chilled warehouse capacity fivefold with Locus Robotics automation

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Locus Robotics, a warehouse automation company, has announced that a cold-storage hardware modification developed for HelloFresh has enabled the meal kit company to expand chilled fulfillment capacity from 100 SKUs to 500 SKUs – a fivefold increase that supports greater meal variety and new revenue opportunities across the HelloFresh brand portfolio.

Factor, a HelloFresh brand, first deployed 13 Locus Origin robots in July 2025 as part of an initial pilot. The deployment quickly demonstrated the execution consistency and reliability required for chilled fulfillment, with Locus Origin robots averaging a mission time of just 3 minutes and 36 seconds from order induction through box drop-off.

Following that strong early performance, HelloFresh expanded the deployment within three months with 26 additional Locus Origin robots, with plans to add EveryPlate fulfillment support later this year. [Read more…] about HelloFresh expands chilled warehouse capacity fivefold with Locus Robotics automation

How Cold Chain Operators Are Turning Energy Flexibility Into a Competitive Advantage

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Cold storage facilities have one of the highest energy intensities of any industrial category. Refrigeration runs continuously, the load is significant, and the cost of that load depends increasingly on when it is consumed rather than simply how much is consumed.

That creates an uncomfortable reality for operators who have treated electricity as a fixed cost: the rate structures that govern what they actually pay are shifting toward pricing that reflects grid conditions in real time.

Demand charges, time-of-use rates, and capacity market obligations mean that two facilities consuming identical kilowatt-hours in a month can face meaningfully different bills depending entirely on the timing of that consumption. [Read more…] about How Cold Chain Operators Are Turning Energy Flexibility Into a Competitive Advantage

Choosing the best pharma logistics partner in 2025: What services to look out for

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Pharmaceutical firms usually operate across countries. This is why they need logistics partners that not only have local knowledge but also global reach. The logistics provider is one of the main links between the final user and the manufacturer of the product.

The role of a pharma logistics partner is to guarantee a seamlessly running supply chain. In the pharma industry, majority of the vaccines, medicines, and other biomaterials required for clinical research need stringent temperature control measures.

Divine Enterprises is a company that provides shipping services between countries while circumventing the local regulations. From following healthy safety laws to customs clearance, they take care of everything. [Read more…] about Choosing the best pharma logistics partner in 2025: What services to look out for