Home Chef

Meal Kit Leader Finds Mix of Flow and Flexibility with Modular Flow Racks

Home Chef prepares and ships approximately 140,000 meal kits each week, offering customers 51 rotating meal options that range across dietary preferences and cooking styles. With each meal bag containing 8–12 individual items, Home Chef needed a picking solution that could improve accuracy, increase storage density, and adapt quickly as menus and demand change.

Home Chef partnered with UNEX to replace outdated pipe-and-joint racks with FlowCell modular flow racks equipped with SpanTrack carton flow. UNEX worked closely with the Home Chef team to test configurations that optimized bin density, ensured smooth product flow in temperature-controlled environments, and improved ergonomic access.

The results were immediate and measurable. Home Chef reduced pick errors by nearly 38%, improved cycle time from first to last hand by one minute per kit, and created a more comfortable, adjustable picking environment for associates.

Download the case study to learn how modular carton flow solutions like FlowCell help high-volume meal kit operations increase accuracy, improve ergonomics, and stay flexible in the face of constant change.