Three Delivery-Only Sites Open as Fast-Casual Chain Embraces Nontraditional Franchise Model.

As the pandemic took ever bigger bites out of their revenue, Cedeno and Magid found themselves not just talking, but strategizing. Eventually, the brainstorming led to an unusual solution.

A quick view of what’s happening with delivery, curbside pickup and any other variation of off-premises an operator can imagine.

Food company's Saudi plans coincides with its drive to cover the entire UAE market.

Built on a belief that food is an amalgamation of art and science, technology is the main ingredient at Rebel Foods, a leader in India’s cloud kitchen restaurants.

These shared kitchens - which mainly cater for food delivery and do not have a physical shop front - provided a lifeline for F&B businesses that could not operate during 2020's circuit breaker period, and gave industry players a chance to test out new concepts.

Podcast - Michael Montagano, CEO at Kitchen United, on the “ghost kitchen” business model that offers restaurants a capital-lite structure to prepare food for take-out/delivery only.

Managing virtual brands and stabilizing labor forces could be challenging in the new year, but curbside, drive-thru and ghost kitchens hold strong growth potential, analysts say.

When you consider transitioning into the food truck business, one of your first questions is probably, “what do I do with my existing restaurant?” The good news is that your current space can help you launch your food truck business. You can leverage the power of the ghost kitchen.

Some of the most important considerations aren’t the exciting tech components or the fun of thinking up pithy names for menu items.

Commercial real estate investors have a lot of reasons to be hungry for ghost kitchens. Here are just a few.

COVID-19 expedited the rise of ghost kitchens, virtual restaurants and pop-ups as a low-risk way to test new concepts and locations.

Once feared as the downfall of restaurants, ghost kitchens might just end up saving them.

If 2020 proved anything, it’s that Americans simply can’t get enough hot chicken and pizza and pandemic lockdowns only strengthen the country’s demand for the two delivery staples.

I still don’t think food robots will be mainstream in 2021, there are bigger issues around production, scaling and regulation that will prevent that, but I do think a wave of regional and national retail and restaurant brands installing new automated food services.

The new year brings another new version of the so-called new normal.

Big-name chefs, celebrities, and more now offer delivery and takeout only options.

More takeout options, sidewalk patios, ghost kitchens, and QR code menus are here to stay.

Some are finding onsite dining no longer work for their business. That's been the case with WakuWaku Japanese Eatery, which switched to a takeout-only model, with ordering online and pickup at various locations.

ChefStable Catering has been transformed into ChefStable Kitchen Collective, Portland’s first “virtual food hall” with six different menus prepared in the same space and available for delivery on the same ticket.

Cuisine Solutions, which manufactures and distributes sous vide food products, announced this week via an email that it has teamed up with cafe chain Pret A Manger to open what it’s calling a “dark assembly kitchen” (DAK) in New York City.

Cornoy Watkins earns a living as a music producer. He’s worked with artists like TLC, Lil Wayne, Bun B and Tory Lanez, but the pandemic put a pause on gigs like those. That’s when Watkins embraced his inner entrepreneur and got in on the ghost kitchen act.