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Applebee’s Is Planning Ghost Kitchens for Delivery and Takeout Orders
Applebee’s just became the latest restaurant chain to hop the ghost kitchen bandwagon. In an interview with Nation’s Restaurant News, Steve Joyce, CEO of Applebee’s parent Dine Brands, said the company was “experimenting” with the concept. To be honest, the development isn’t terribly surprising. At the end of 2019, we predicted that ghost kitchens would become “the norm” for …
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San Francisco Mulls Legislation for Ghost Kitchens and Food Delivery Services
A San Francisco supervisor is summoning representatives from delivery service and ghost kitchen companies to City Hall next month, for a hearing to determine the new enterprises’ impact on local restaurants. At a Board of Supervisors meeting in January, District 11 Supe Ahsha Safaí said that he’d decided to convene the hearing to determine the “effects of …
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FOD podcast: Episode 7: Grubhub gets into POS while Instacart adds hot food + Alex Canter of Ordermark
Strategies for independent restaurants to deal more successfully with third-party delivery. more
Did Your Food Delivery Come From a Rented Trailer?
Delivery apps sprang to ubiquity in cities like San Francisco with promises that — at last — diners craving food from a region’s most delicious or desirable restaurants could enjoy those offerings without leaving the comfort of their home or office. But as companies struggle to compete in the crowded and competitive delivery space, more …
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Portland Now Has a Delivery-Only Restaurant Group
Chef Robert Thomas has a delivery-only Italian restaurant and an American diner, with a vegan restaurant on the way Chef Robert Thomas, co-owner and chef of Blackbird Pizza and Swift Lounge, has recently launched a restaurant group that operates entirely online, with delivery-only service through programs like Grubhub and Postmates. With two full-sized kitchens — one entirely devoted …
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Kroger partners with delivery restaurant ClusterTruck to compete with Grubhub, Postmates
The Kroger Co. is trying to get in on food delivery to compete with the likes of Grubhub, Postmates and Uber Eats. On Monday, the retail company announced a partnership with delivery-only kitchen ClusterTruck, which uses its own software platform to “optimize kitchen and delivery operations,” according to a press release about the partnership. The partnership — called Kroger Delivery Kitchen Powered by ClusterTruck — …
Podcast: What’s Ahead in Food Delivery + Nate Pollak of The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen
Virtual kitchens. Discussion of GrubHub moving toward non-partnered restaurants: burden on drivers, angering restaurants. more
A large number of restaurants are offering delivery or take-out only
NEW YORK (AP) — Frato’s Pizza looks like a typical family restaurant, with its black-and-white checkered floor and red chairs. But in the kitchen, the cooks are whipping up dishes for four other restaurants at the same time. There is, of course, the gourmet pizza that patrons have come to expect from Frato’s when they …
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Ghost kitchens could be the new normal
“To-go or not to-go.” That used to be the question. Then food delivery became commonplace, and with 60 percent of restaurant orders now off-premises, it’s pretty much mandatory for restaurants who want to stay competitive. Now the big question is whether ghost kitchens will soon become mandatory, too. It certainly seems likely, particularly in light of …