Wonder, Marc Lore’s FoodTech and delivery startup, starts serving College Park community at University of Maryland
Wonder, a food delivery and technology startup founded in 2018 and fronted by former Walmart U.S. eCommerce executive, Marc Lore, has opened its first Maryland location in the USA, close to the University of Maryland campus in College Park.
In a LinkedIn post, the company said: “Our grand opening brought together Mayor Fazlul Kabir, College Park City Council members, University of Maryland representatives, and Food 4 MD, along with an incredible turnout from the local community and UMD students.”
“To give back, Wonder donated $1 from every order placed between 11/3–11/9 to Food 4 MD, supporting families across Maryland. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this milestone - we can’t wait to serve the College Park community!”
Sweetgreen
US-based healthy eating restaurant chain, Sweetgreen, has entered into an agreement with Wonder to sell the company’s Spyce business responsible for developing and launching Infinite Kitchen technology.
Sweetgreen says that the $186.4 million deal will enable it to reinvest in key priorities and sharpen its focus on growth and profitability. It bought startup Spyce in 2021 for approximately $70 million
It will receive $100 million in cash plus shares of Series C preferred stock of Wonder with an implied value of $86.4 million based on the price per share at which shares were issued by the latter to cash investors in its most recent equity financing.
Sweetgreen has put in place a supply agreement and license agreement that will allow it to continue to deploy Infinite Kitchens across its restaurants. As part of the agreement, 38 Spyce engineers and support staff, including co-founders Michael Farid, Kale Rogers, Brady Knight, and Luke Schlueter, will transition to Wonder.
“We’re incredibly proud of the work our team and the Spyce team have done to develop, scale, and monetise one of the world’s most advanced robotic food technologies,” says Jonathan Neman, Co-Founder and CEO at Sweetgreen.
“We remain deeply confident in both the Infinite Kitchen’s future impact and the brilliant team behind it. As we focus on driving long-term, profitable growth, our collaboration with Wonder will enable us to continue expanding and enhancing the Sweetgreen experience for our guests, while unlocking new opportunities for innovation and scale in the years ahead.”
“Everything begins and ends with the customer,” says Lore. “As we evolve from a first of its kind, multi-restaurant operator into a truly scalable, technology powered food platform, the acquisition of Spyce’s Infinite Kitchen gives us leading robotics capabilities that will transform how food is prepared and served.”
“This technology enables us to eventually operate more than 100 restaurants across any cuisine type and price point, all out of a small kitchen, while serving food faster, hotter and with flawless accuracy and consistency. It furthers our mission to make great food more accessible, bringing more restaurants to more people, in more places, at more times of day and at more affordable prices.”
ETIH Innovation Awards 2026
EdTech Innovation Hub recently announced the launch of its inaugural ETIH Innovation Awards, celebrating excellence in global education technology, with a particular focus on workforce development, AI integration, and innovative learning solutions across all stages of education.
The awards recognise the companies, platforms, and individuals driving innovation and transformation in this fast moving space, whether through personalised learning, upskilling tools, or powerful digital platforms that prepare students and professionals for the future.
Categories include Campus Retail Innovation. This focuses on technology deployments enabling retail experiences to thrive on educational establishment campuses, even as online shopping continues to grow.
ETIH is looking for examples of cutting-edge technology that reduces friction in the customer journey, appealing to tech savvy students and staff members, and catering to their fast paced lives - for instance, checkout-free stores, contactless payments, and autonomous deliveries.
