PepsiCo will invest nearly USD 50 million in a high-bay warehouse in Michrów near Grójec. It is one of the largest logistics projects currently being carried out by the company in Poland, with storage capacity equivalent to more than one thousand fully loaded trucks. The facility is to be fully automated, and its connection to the neighbouring beverage plant means that products will move directly from the production line to the warehouse shelves.
A ceremony to sign the foundation act for the investment was held on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
“We are now beginning construction of an automated high-bay warehouse for beverages next to the plant in Michrów. It will have a capacity of 28,500 pallets, cover 4,700 sq m and reach a height of 38 metres,” Arkadiusz Chłystek, senior project engineer at PepsiCo, told Newseria. “Preparatory work took around two years. In February this year, we broke ground, and we are now starting construction of the warehouse’s load-bearing structure. We plan to close the building before the end of the year and continue installation work inside so that the facility can be handed over and logistics processes launched in June next year.”
The warehouse will be built next to PepsiCo’s existing production plant, which supplies stores with beverages including Pepsi, Mirinda and Lipton Ice Tea. It is expected to significantly increase the operational capacity of the factory. The two facilities will be connected by a special 220-metre logistics bridge.
“When choosing the location for our high-bay warehouse in Michrów, we took into account a number of factors, the most important of which were logistics network optimisation, cost reduction and a positive impact on the environment. Our goal was to reduce warehousing and transport costs, which we currently incur when sending our products to external warehouses not owned by PepsiCo,” said Bartosz Bielicki, project manager at PepsiCo. “Warehousing and transport are among the company’s highest logistics costs.”
The new warehouse has been designed with the possibility of further expansion to 65,000 pallet spaces. It will be equipped with 16 loading docks.
“We will be able to receive more than 200 pallets per hour while simultaneously dispatching 200 pallets, which gives us the ability to send out around 150 trucks per day. The value of the investment is close to USD 50 million,” Chłystek said.
“It will be a fully automated building. From the end of production to storage in the warehouse and later loading, the entire process will be automated,” Bielicki added.
The automation of logistics processes is expected not only to increase operational efficiency, but also to improve long-term business development planning. In addition to automated systems, the warehouse will be equipped with digital systems for managing the flow of goods.
According to PepsiCo representatives, the project will provide significant operational support. It will reduce transshipments and internal transport while increasing flexibility in responding to changing market conditions.
“The warehouse in Michrów will mainly serve the Polish market. We also ship goods to the Baltic countries. We hope that this will help increase the share of exports, as is already the case in our snacks business, where Poland serves many markets across Europe,” Bielicki said. “Thanks to its geographical location in Central Europe, Poland has become a production and logistics hub, which helps us expand our activities across European countries and increase our share in those markets. One example is Germany, where our products are expanding, and a large share of both beverages and snacks is produced in Poland.”
The investment is part of PepsiCo’s broader business development and its PepsiCo Positive, or pep+, strategy, which focuses on improving operational efficiency while reducing the environmental impact of the company’s activities.
The solutions implemented in the facility will shorten inventory holding time by two days, reducing required storage capacity by around 8,000 pallet spaces. This is an area equivalent to almost two full-size football pitches. The share of deliveries carried out under the direct delivery model will increase from 30% to 90%. The launch of the new warehouse is expected to reduce the number of transport operations by around 8,000 trucks per year. This means not only lower costs, but also a reduction in CO2 emissions.
“In this way, we will save 2 million kilometres driven, which means we will avoid travelling the equivalent of 55 times around the equator,” said Małgorzata Biernacka, warehouse manager in Michrów. “By reducing the number of loading operations and increasing the number of direct deliveries, among other measures, we will emit 2,000 tonnes less carbon dioxide. In addition, we are replacing the entire forklift infrastructure inside the warehouse.”
“We save energy by using energy recovered from the braking of stacker cranes that transport pallets. The warehouse heating system is weather-dependent, which allows us to reduce the temperature of the medium supplying heat to the warehouse. This will help save energy needed to heat the building,” Chłystek said.
The American company has been present in Poland for 30 years. During this time, Poland’s role as a regional production hub has strengthened significantly. PepsiCo operates five production plants in Poland and is directly and indirectly responsible for around 32,000 jobs.
