A palletizing system, comprising: • a pallet storage for accommodating a plurality of pallets (213, 214, 413, 414) at fixed positions, • at least one robotic system (210-212; 410;412) in the proximity of the fixed positions, • conveying means (205, 206, 230, 430) for conveying a flow of containers to the at least one robotic system (210-212; 410; 412), each container containing a plurality of food items; • a control system; • means for storing in the control system of the palletizing system a list of container identifiers and in respect of each container identifier an order line identifier of the container, wherein the order line identifier of each respective container defines a customer order, to which the container is assigned within the control system; • means for defining, in the control system, a plurality of types of containers, wherein all of the containers of each type of containers share one or more common characteristics of the food items contained in the containers; • an identifier accessing means for determining the container identifier of each container upstream of the at least one robot system; the control system further being configured to: determine on the basis of the list of container identifiers and associated order line identifiers stored in the control system the order line associated with each container; instruct the at least one robotic system to arrange each container at the determined pallet position; characterized in that the palletizing system further comprises: • a flow rate determining means for determining respective flow rates of the plurality of types of containers on the conveyor means; and wherein the control system further being configured to: o determine the type of each container and the associated flow rate of that type of container; o determine one single of the pallet positions to which each of the containers is to be allocated, wherein a selection of the pallet position for each container among the plurality of pallet positions is made on the basis of the order line identifier of the container and the associated flow rate. • a pallet storage for accommodating a plurality of pallets (213, 214, 413, 414) at fixed positions, • at least one robotic system (210-212; 410;412) in the proximity of the fixed positions, • conveying means (205, 206, 230, 430) for conveying a flow of containers to the at least one robotic system (210-212; 410; 412), each container containing a plurality of food items; • a control system; • means for storing in the control system of the palletizing system a list of container identifiers and in respect of each container identifier an order line identifier of the container, wherein the order line identifier of each respective container defines a customer order, to which the container is assigned within the control system; • means for defining, in the control system, a plurality of types of containers, wherein all of the containers of each type of containers share one or more common characteristics of the food items contained in the containers; • an identifier accessing means for determining the container identifier of each container upstream of the at least one robot system; the control system further being configured to: determine on the basis of the list of container identifiers and associated order line identifiers stored in the control system the order line associated with each container; instruct the at least one robotic system to arrange each container at the determined pallet position; characterized in that the palletizing system further comprises: • a flow rate determining means for determining respective flow rates of the plurality of types of containers on the conveyor means; and wherein the control system further being configured to: o determine the type of each container and the associated flow rate of that type of container; o determine one single of the pallet positions to which each of the containers is to be allocated, wherein a selection of the pallet position for each container among the plurality of pallet positions is made on the basis of the order line identifier of the container and the associated flow rate. determine on the basis of the list of container identifiers and associated order line identifiers stored in the control system the order line associated with each container; instruct the at least one robotic system to arrange each container at the determined pallet position; characterized in that the palletizing system further comprises: • a flow rate determining means for determining respective flow rates of the plurality of types of containers on the conveyor means; • a flow rate determining means for determining respective flow rates of the plurality of types of containers on the conveyor means; and wherein the control system further being configured to: o determine the type of each container and the associated flow rate of that type of container; o determine one single of the pallet positions to which each of the containers is to be allocated, wherein a selection of the pallet position for each container among the plurality of pallet positions is made on the basis of the order line identifier of the container and the associated flow rate. o determine the type of each container and the associated flow rate of that type of container; o determine one single of the pallet positions to which each of the containers is to be allocated, wherein a selection of the pallet position for each container among the plurality of pallet positions is made on the basis of the order line identifier of the container and the associated flow rate.