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A ghost kitchen is a commercial kitchen that only prepares food for delivery or pickup. It does not have a dining room or front-of-house staff. Restaurants often use Ghost kitchens to expand their reach without the high costs of a traditional restaurant.

Ghost Kitchen: COVID-19 Driving Innovation Forward

Ghost Kitchen: COVID-19 Driving Innovation Forward

a detailed 2020 analysis of ghost kitchens by Thomas Primus Ghost Kitchens are rising, offering an innovative solution to the restaurant industry’s COVID-19 crisis. Virtual restaurants, also known as ghost kitchens, can be a valuable strategy for existing restaurants to increase sales and reach new customers. By offering new or […]

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New Saudi cloud kitchen operator Matbakhi is partnering with hotels – and newbie chefs

New Saudi cloud kitchen operator Matbakhi is partnering with hotels - and newbie chefs

Matbakhi wants to be an incubator to help chefs create ‘soulful brands.’ Matbakhi, a food tech company based in Saudi Arabia, plans to enter the online food ordering and delivery market by establishing cloud kitchens in the country. A cloud kitchen, also known as a virtual kitchen or ghost kitchen, […]

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Why this pizza chain finds little merit in opening cloud kitchens

Why this pizza chain finds little merit in opening cloud kitchens

In several markets, the takeaway or carry-out business is growing faster, making a compelling case for Domino’s Pizza to continue opening stores in high-footfall locations. It appears that Domino’s Pizza does not prioritize using cloud kitchens, also known as ghost or virtual kitchens, in its operations. According to Art D’Elia, […]

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Inside The Ghost Kitchens

Inside the ghost kitchens haunting Austin’s restaurant industry

The ghost kitchen concept A ghost kitchen, also known as a cloud kitchen or dark kitchen, is a virtual restaurant that does not have a physical space for customers to dine in. Instead, these restaurants only prepare food for delivery and pick-up in a commercial kitchen. Customers typically order from […]

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Doritos opens a ghost kitchen catering to late-night cravings.

Doritos opens ghost kitchen catering to late-night cravings

Doritos unveiled a ghost kitchen menu themed around late-night bites in partnership with Popchew and parent PepsiCo’s Foodservice Digital Lab. It appears that Doritos, a brand of Frito-Lay, is launching a new initiative called “Doritos After Dark” which is a ghost kitchen (a food preparation space dedicated to off-premise consumption) […]

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Inside the business of ghost kitchens: ‘It’s a streamlined service.’

Inside the business of ghost kitchens: ‘It’s a streamlined service’

Ghost kitchens, virtual or dark kitchens, are commercial kitchens that operate solely to prepare and deliver food through third-party delivery platforms such as Uber Eats and DoorDash. These kitchens are becoming increasingly popular as the global food delivery business has tripled in value since 2017, reaching a value of $150bn. […]

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Egypt’s new cloud kitchen Brito wants to replicate Kitopi model

Egypt’s new cloud kitchen Brito wants to replicate Kitopi model

Egyptian start-up Brito has raised $1.25m in pre-seed funding from a Central Bank of Egypt initiative and angel investors to establish itself as a standout player in the country’s emerging cloud kitchen market. Brito, founded in February by CEO Rania Reda and Mo’nes Sadeq, differs from most of the eight […]

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Cloud-based ReciProfity food costing software adapts to retail food service needs

Cloud-based ReciProfity food costing software adapts to retail foodservice needs

New York-based At-Your-Service Software is updating its ReciProfity food costing software to better serve retail food service clients. The cloud-based software enables invoice scanning and input by email, saving operators up to five hours of labour per week. The software is tailored to the needs of retail food service, which […]

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Inside the ghost kitchens haunting Austin’s restaurant industry

Inside the ghost kitchens haunting Austin’s restaurant industry

Have you ever heard of a “ghost kitchen”? A few are open and operating throughout Austin, so KXAN looked at how they impact the local food industry. Ghost kitchens, also known as cloud kitchens or dark kitchens, are food production units built to prepare food specifically for delivery. The concept […]

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