by Nicholas Upton | Dec 8, 2021 | Finance, News
Ordering dinner at a brewery, hotel or venue from Reef ghost kitchen is not exactly hard. You head to a delivery platform, order your meal and wait for the driver. But the acquisition of 2ndKitchen promises to make it even easier. 2ndKitchen was founded three years...
by Nicholas Upton | Dec 8, 2021 | News, Top Stories
How far has the ghost kitchen industry come? So far that there’s now a company built to address the pain points of the ghost kitchen industry. Kristen Barnett founded Hungry House in New York City as a new take on ghost kitchens, one that was better for culinary...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 2, 2021 | Best Practices, News, Third-Party Delivery
Five Guys, Jack in the Box and 7-Eleven are very different brands with unique products, storefronts and footprints, but they occupy common ground in their need to work with franchisees to rethink their operations as delivery and off-premises operations become a bigger...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 2, 2021 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Jokr, one of the first-wave instant-delivery platforms, has moved up the Acela corridor into Boston, its second U.S. market since launching in New York earlier this year. Starting today, December 2, Jokr’s service is now available in several neighborhoods within the...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 2, 2021 | COVID-19, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
BentoBox has released its 2021 Restaurant Trend Report showing how the restaurant delivery industry has evolved over the last year through the lens of its 7,500 restaurant partners. The findings point to rising operating and real estate costs, rapid ghost kitchen...
by Nicholas Upton | Dec 2, 2021 | Automation, News
At the bleeding edge of robotic restaurant operations, Blendid is rethinking the smoothie bar. It’s out in the wild, ahead of the tests and prototypes across the robotic restaurant space, and there are some interesting learnings from the real world. Blendid is...