ghost kitchen

By Joe Guszkowski on Mar. 28, 2024

The shared-kitchen startup has limited its focus to providing kitchen space for a variety of food businesses, leaving the technology to others. The simplified approach has yielded profits and growth.

Emerging Brands

C3 CEO Sam Nazarian acquires Kitchen United's ghost kitchens

By Joe Guszkowski on Mar. 14, 2024

The properties will become part of a new digital restaurant company called Everybody Eats that will include C3 and Nextbite.

Emerging Brands

Digital-first restaurants Hungry House and MegaBite are merging

By Joe Guszkowski on Mar. 12, 2024

The joint company, BiteLabs, will span the Americas with its high-tech, multibrand fast casuals. Just don’t call it a ghost kitchen.

Emerging Brands

Wonder's newest location is inside a Walmart

By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 26, 2024

The unit in Quakertown, Pa., is the first of up to four such outlets for the delivery-focused food hall concept.

Premium

Operations

Ghost kitchens are dead. But new models arise from the ashes

By Lisa Jennings on Feb. 02, 2024

The pioneers who created commissary-style, shared kitchens for rent have closed, pivoted or shown signs of struggle. But elements live on in a variety of new delivery-forward concepts that some call ghost kitchens 2.0.

Operations

How Gregg Majewski plans to change the reputation of virtual restaurant brands

By Lisa Jennings on Jan. 18, 2024

His portfolio company Craveworthy Brands is rolling out a new model to bring virtual brand revenue to its brick-and-mortar family of restaurants.

Operations

Denny's inks a 250-unit deal with ghost-kitchen specialist Franklin Junction

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 09, 2024

The diner chain also announced preliminary sales results for Q4, with comps rising 1.5% at franchised units and sliding 1.2% at corporate stores.

Technology

Kitchen United shuts down its Kroger food halls

By Heather Lalley on Nov. 28, 2023

The unexpected move comes about a year after Kroger was part of a $100 million investment round in the ghost kitchen operator, which said it is shifting its focus to software.

Technology