Virtual Kitchens news and trends

Consumers Want Robots Out of Sight and Out of Mind When Eating Out
Restaurant innovation // July 14, 2023

Automation has touched and transformed many aspects of daily life. Dining and food preparation have primarily remained on the sidelines — until now. Consumers may soon be in for a digitized dining experience, as a taste of the automation already redefining shipping and retail could...

Uber Founder Leading Virtual Restaurants’ Data Push
Restaurant innovation // October 06, 2022

In an effort to boost his dark kitchens business, Travis Kalanick is going after restaurant aggregators. The Uber co-founder and onetime CEO is now putting his focus (and hundreds of millions of his dollars) into his CloudKitchens virtual restaurant company — and is also throwing...

Capriotti’s Partners with Ghost Kitchen Company for Digital Expansion
Restaurant innovation // August 03, 2022

As restaurants grow their digital footprint, larger chains are leveraging their name recognition to expand virtually without investing in costly new physical restaurants. Fast-casual brands Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop and its subsidiary Wing Zone, which collectively have more than 200 locations in the U.S. and 30...

Virtual Restaurants May Need to Make Changes to Maintain Market Share
Restaurant innovation // August 01, 2022

Virtual restaurants have become a mainstay of the restaurant industry, but until now, given the novelty of the model, there has not been a central body to hold them accountable when it comes to issues of safety and of intellectual property. Now, to hold onto...

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Consumers Want Robots Out of Sight and Out of Mind When Eating Out

July 14, 2023
Automation has touched and transformed many aspects of daily life. Dining and food preparation have primarily remained on the sidelines — until now. Consumers may soon be in for a digitized dining experience, as a taste of the automation already redefining shipping and retail could reshape the restaurant and food delivery experience. As of today, […]

What Food Commerce Shifts Do Ghost Kitchens Foreshadow?

November 11, 2019
Here’s a question about the last meal that was delivered to your office or home: Do you really know where that food came from? Sure, you know the restaurant and...