by Tom Kaiser | Feb 3, 2021 | Best Practices, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
If you believe the hype, virtual restaurants are a savior for existing restaurants struggling to turn a profit or looking to monetize excess kitchen capacity. For the countless operators now buying into virtual concepts from existing restaurant players,...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 7, 2021 | News
At least fifty Wow Bao restaurants will soon be operating out of Franklin Junction host kitchens across the country, according to a joint announcement released this week. Based in Chicago, Wow Bao is an Asian fast-casual concept that has been an early adopter of many...
by Tom Kaiser | Sep 3, 2020 | News
We recently posted the story about Franklin Junction, which is bringing virtual brands into Ruby Tuesday kitchens that have excess capacity to power off-premises orders. As NRD Capital spins up the “host kitchen” concept, it has partnered with Qu to aggregate digital...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Top Stories
Don’t call it a ghost kitchen and certainly don’t call it a virtual restaurant: The parent company of Ruby Tuesday has launched a new initiative called Franklin Junction that introduces a new delivery-focused model that it calls “host kitchens.” At its core, the plan...