While ghost kitchens have stuck around since their initial boom in the earlier stages of the pandemic, quick-service restaurant (QSR) brand Nathan’s Famous sees smaller players bowing out. Phil McCann, vice president of marketing at Nathan’s Famous, noted in an interview with PYMNTS — following...
As the virtual brand space goes through significant changes, delivery-focused, tech-forward pizza brand Milano Vice is bringing in funds by the millions. The Berlin-based startup shared in a LinkedIn post Wednesday (Dec. 6) that it has secured 8.3 million euros ($8.94 million) in Series A funding in...
While the majority of consumers are not sold on ghost kitchens, a significant portion relishes the reprieve that the all-digital model gives from face-to-face interaction. By the Numbers The PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Connected Dining: The Robot Will Take Your Order Now,” drew from a survey...
Digital restaurant company C3 is expanding well beyond its ghost kitchen origins to brick-and-mortar locations, private jet food service, and most recently, an in-airport food hall. The food service company — founded and led by hospitality mogul Sam Nazarian, CEO of nightclub and restaurant group...
November 15, 2022
It was once a challenge for restaurants to take ownership of their online presence, putting many at the mercy of third-party aggregators or having to foot hefty bills for ads and placements. But thanks to tools like Google Business Profiles and Facebook Business Pages, restaurants can now take charge of their own online promotion and […]
April 14, 2024
The ghost kitchen industry has become a shadow of its former self. These online-only dining spaces boomed during the pandemic, but as a report Friday (April 12) by The New York Times (NYT) noted, they’ve since begun to fade. For example, the report said, commercial real estate company CBRE predicted in 2021 that ghost kitchens would […]
September 05, 2023
Ghost kitchen startup CloudKitchens has reportedly fired staff and closed warehouses to shrink expenses. The apparent cuts at the company — led by Uber co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick — are the subject of...
October 21, 2020
In making his new ghost kitchens startup CloudKitchens, ex-Uber Co-founder Travis Kalanick has become something of a real estate mogul, buying up 40 properties in two dozen cities, according to...
June 22, 2020
Singapore-based foodtech company TiffinLabs has acquired access to more than 1,000 kitchens across the U.S., Europe and Asia, which it intends to use for a new network of smart kitchens,...
