by Tom Kaiser | Feb 18, 2021 | News, Top Stories
As it diversifies beyond its formative days as a Manhattan ghost kitchen, Zuul is now moving into the restaurant technology space with the release of its ZuulOS that helps operators manage multi-brand restaurant and ghost kitchen operations. It’s an increasingly...
by Tom Kaiser | Feb 12, 2021 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Rapid-fire growth of ghost kitchens and virtual restaurants is setting off yet another land rush in the off-premises restaurant space as developers rush to create seamless software for operators managing multiple delivery-only concepts. As the very definition of a...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 11, 2021 | Best Practices, News
The industry can add two more novel virtual restaurant companies to the list. The first, a revenue-sharing model, Trivr Eats. The second is the first legally defined virtual restaurant franchise: Local Culinary. Both emphasize speed to market and a focus on...
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 Nicholas Upton | Nov 23, 2020 | Best Practices, News, Third-Party Delivery
With the explosion of virtual operations in response to the pandemic, it bears asking: what is peak virtual restaurant? According to panelists in a session of the Restaurant Finance Monitor’s Restaurant Finance Week, we aren’t even close. The panel, titled...