The folks behind Aloha Poke, a Hawaiian-themed poke restaurant based in Chicago, see ghost kitchens as a way to seed new markets. CEO Chris Birkinshaw said it’s a natural fit for the restaurant, which has a relatively simple model and does a lot of off-premises...
With thousands of new delivery-only restaurants opening in the coming year, a range of opposing business plans are raking in a deluge of investment funds, bringing virtual concepts into existing restaurants and purpose-built ghost kitchen spaces. Whichever model...
Recently revealed real estate documents provide another hint at what ghost-kitchen builder CloudKitchens has going on behind the scenes. According to The Wall Street Journal, CloudKitchens has gobbled up 40 properties across the country, spending more than $130...
Fifty restaurant brands in one kitchen. That’s the model The Local Culinary launched last year in Miami, which is now calling itself the first ghost kitchen franchise to hit the market. The company finalized its franchise disclosure document earlier this month and is...
New York-based ghost kitchen operator, Zuul Kitchens, has secured $9 million in fresh funding to expand its ghost-kitchen operation throughout New York City. Zuul opened its first multi-tenant kitchen facility in 2019 and temporarily closed it at the start of the...
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