by Tom Kaiser | Jan 21, 2021 | News, Top Stories
After announcing plans to grow Kitchen United’s ghost kitchen portfolio from four to 20 locations by the end of 2021, CEO Michael Montagano teased upcoming partnerships that “will absolutely transform the company—I promise you that.” During an exclusive interview with...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 11, 2020 | Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
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...
by Tom Kaiser | Nov 11, 2020 | Finance, News, Top Stories
As the founder of Ordermark and its Nextbite virtual restaurant platform, Alex Canter has become one of the biggest names in the delivery space. Now that SoftBank has invested $120 million in his vision, Canter’s stature is expanding on expectations that one of its...
by Nicholas Upton | Oct 1, 2020 | Best Practices, News, Top Stories
It’s easy to get caught up in the hype around ghost kitchens and virtual brands, the sexy new channels taking up a huge amount of air in the restaurant industry right now. As the hype train chugs along, operators like Capriotti’s, a Las Vegas-based sandwich shop known...
by Tom Kaiser | Sep 3, 2020 | Third-Party Delivery
Now that the dust has settled from this year’s Food On Demand Conference, we reached out to our moderators and panelists to answer any outstanding audience questions we weren’t able to cover during the live Q&A sessions. If you have any additional questions for us...