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Are We Seeing the Last Gasp of Ghost Kitchens?
On the latest episode of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast, one of the things my co-host Mike Boland and I discussed was margins. Small
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Foodtech Gets Its Own Fintech
According to a Euromonitor study from last year, the ghost kitchen industry could hit $1 trillion worldwide by 2030. That opportunity suggests there will be
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What Does the Post-Corona Future Hold for Virtual Restaurants?
Let’s face it. For all the happy talk about silver linings, the pandemic has been a nightmare for most of us. But there is no
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Ghost Kitchens Are Going Mobile
E-Commerce entrepreneur and NBA franchise owner Marc Lore has jumped into the food-tech space as the new CEO of Wonder Group, which operates the Wonder
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Startup Wants to Make Virtual Pivot Easy for Local Restaurants
Forward Kitchens launched in 2019 as a Y Combinator cohort to create digital storefronts for restaurants to launch virtual food concepts. Now it has emerged
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Travis Kalanick Quietly Extends His CloudKitchens Empire into Europe
There has been a lot going on in the home delivery space. For example, Europe’s overbuilt ghost warehouse/grocery delivery space is overbuilt and poised for
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Post Pandemic Vibe Isn’t Crushing Virtual Restaurant Growth
There was a saying back in the Web 1.0 days. “On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog.” A modern twist on this might
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Work from Home, Ghost Kitchen Trends Collide in Indonesia
The ghost (or cloud) kitchen concept was born of the notion that a restaurant can exist in the cloud. This is misleading of course, because
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Are Cloud Kitchens Having a Moment ?
We’ve written on and off about cloud kitchens, or some prefer the term ghost kitchens, here at the Insider. These are kitchens designed purely for
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‘Restaurant-as-a-Service’ Emerges for the Next Normal
Mealco just raised $7 million in seed funding to streamline the process of starting a restaurant. Instead of establishing a location, staff, supply chain and other headaches, it does all of that as a platform. Call it restaurant-as-a-service.
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Is Kalanick’s CloudKitchens More About Dining or Real Estate?
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is well known for his secrecy and intensity. That intensity, which fostered a reportedly toxic “bro-culture” at Uber, contributed to his
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The Contactless Restaurant and Other Food Tech News
We’ve previously written about Muy Tech, a Colombian cloud kitchen startup. Last year the company raised nearly $20 million to further a vision once described
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Good Times, Bad Times for Ghost Kitchens
The ghost kitchen, or cloud kitchen, depending on your preference, seems like a business idea suited the moment. Yet recent developments suggest an uncertain future
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The Brewing Revolt Against Restaurant Delivery Apps
One of the big storylines coming out of the COVID-19 is the devastation it has wreaked on the restaurant industry. Independent bistros and multi-location chains
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Food Wars: DoorDash Files for IPO as Uber Eats Head Exits
There were some key developments this week in the “food-tech” space — that category that, according to PitchBook, includes everything from the Impossible Burger to
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Is Uber Assembling a ‘City OS’?
This is the latest in LSA’s Video Vault series. Running semi-weekly, it examines selected conference talks and video clips, including embedded video and key takeaways. Speakers’
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ICYMI: What’s New in SMB Tech
“ICYMI (in case you missed it) What’s New in SMB Tech” is a periodic series on LSA Insider that curates and offers brief commentary on
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Are Food Delivery Apps the Chain Restaurants’ Trojan Horse?
Restaurant delivery app Olo Founder & CEO Noah Glass has been making the rounds to talk up his company’s recent integration with Google, which he
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Will Amazon Enter Local Food Delivery? Part III (Video)
This is the latest in LSA’s Skate To Where the Puck is Going series. Running semi-weekly, it examines the moves and motivations of tech giants
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Will Amazon Enter Local Food Delivery? Part II
This is the latest in LSA’s Skate To Where the Puck is Going series. Running semi-weekly, it examines the moves and motivations of tech giants