New robot camp in Oberhausen: 1,000 jobs and fresh food for NRW!

New robot camp in Oberhausen: 1,000 jobs and fresh food for NRW!

Oberhausen, Deutschland - On June 6, 2025, Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst in Oberhausen opened the most modern “e-food camp” in Europe. This new warehouse belongs to the online supermarket Picnic and represents a "robotized" fulfillment center. The impressive storage space of 50,000 square meters corresponds to about seven soccer fields. The investment costs for this innovative project amount to 150 million euros and are to supply food with food (NRW) every week.

The new fulfillment center can expect up to 1,000 new jobs in the Ruhr area. Oberhausen's mayor Daniel Schranz emphasized the positive future prospects at the opening and underlined the importance of the center for the region. Picnic is known for its quick expansion and now supplies over 230 cities, most recently in Bavaria.

technological innovation

In the fulfillment center, impressive 1,500 high -performance robots operate through three climate zones work that have temperatures from -18 to +20 degrees Celsius. These robots move along 21 kilometers of conveyor technology, which was specially developed for fully automated storage and transport. A tailor-made software platform developed by 100 Picnic engineers over two years coordinates the robot movements in real time. This enables high efficiency and innovative processes that are crucial for the future of online trade.

Prime Minister Wüst emphasized the innovative strength of North Rhine-Westphalia and the importance of technological advances in the food trade. The new system not only promises an increase in service quality, but also the implementation of ambitious growth plans from Picnic.

strategic partnerships and expansion

picnic is the fastest growing online supermarket and was founded in the Netherlands in 2015. The company has also been active in Germany since 2018. The German supermarket chain Edeka holds 35 percent of Picnic and delivers most of the food. Picnic plans to further expand its market share through the new system in Oberhausen and already supplies more than 350,000 households in the Nuremberg area.

Another feature that increases the attractiveness of the Picnic app is the integration of Thermomix® Cookidoo® recipes that offer users new opportunities for cooking. The fulfillment center in Oberhausen is not only the logistical center for the region, but also the pioneer in the application of the latest technologies in the food delivery service.

For more details on the latest developments and the role of Picnic in online trading, the following articles can offer further information: Ruhr24, Food-monitor and Presseportal .