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Nathan's Famous now has more than 220 ghost kitchens. An exec breaks down why the chain is bucking the trend by opening them in city center locations.
Nathan's Famous says it's targeting densely-populated areas for its ghost kitchens to speed up deli…
Grace Dean
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Noodles and Company has opened its first ghost kitchen, which only cooks food for delivery and collection, as its digital orders more than doubled during the pandemic
Noodles and Company said the ghost kitchen would let it expand the brand without the real estate an…
Grace Dean
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Five Guys has opened its first ghost kitchen, which only cooks food for delivery, as digital demand continues
Five Guys' ghost kitchen in Garland, Texas, doesn't have a dining room. Instead, you have to order …
Grace Dean
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Wendy's plans to partner with a startup to open 700 delivery-only ghost kitchens by 2025. An exec breaks down why.
CEO Todd Penegor said Wendy's new ghost kitchens would be spread across the US, Canada, and the UK,…
Grace Dean
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Guy Fieri is betting on ghost kitchens sticking around. Here's why.
Guy Fieri has his own ghost kitchen brand, Guy's Flavortown Kitchen, with 175 locations.
Mary Meisenzahl
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The CEO of a smoothie company with nearly 1,000 stores is bucking a huge industry trend by shunning ghost kitchens
Even without ghost kitchens, CEO Charles Watson still expects more than half of Tropical Smoothie C…
Grace Dean
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Fast-food chains like Five Guys and Wendy's break down the top 6 reasons why they opened ghost kitchens during the pandemic
Ghost kitchens have sprung up everywhere during the pandemic. Restaurant chain execs told Insider w…
Grace Dean
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Kroger partners with ghost kitchen company, Kitchen United, to provide customers with meal pick up and delivery from restaurants
With the popularity of ghost kitchens on the rise because of the coronavirus pandemic, Kroger has u…
Emily Walsh
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Ghost kitchen startup Butler quietly folded after 6 years, laying off roughly 1,000 employees after raising more than $50 million in total funding
Hospitality startup Butler ceased operations in May with very little warning to employees or vendor…
Samantha Delouya
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Burger King's owner just opened a delivery-focused food hall where customers can order from Popeyes, Firehouse Subs, and other chains. The company is one of many expanding the ghost kitchen model to reach more diners.
These nontraditional ghost kitchens are looking to expand and raise funds in a hot sector that's ex…
Nancy Luna
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David Chang's fried chicken restaurant Fuku cuts ties with ghost kitchen Reef in favor of competitor Kitchen United
The celebrity chef David Chang cuts ties with SoftBank-backed Reef following multiple reports of fo…
Gloria Dawson
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The rapid rise and fall of ghost kitchens
Major brands like Wendy's and Kroger are scaling back ghost kitchen operations due to stress and cu…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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The nation's largest supermarket chain is opening 'dark' kitchens inside some of its stores to meet surging demand for food delivery
Grocery giant Kroger says the ghost kitchens will be able to deliver to customers within 7 minutes …
Isabella Jibilian
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Reef ghost kitchens make food for major chains like Burger King and Wendy's — and some insiders say they are rife with problems
"Our team was deadly afraid to work every day because they thought their face will get burned off,"…
Áine Cain
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'Ghost kitchens' are taking over fast-food chains from Chick-fil-A to Wendy's
UberEats, Postmates, GrubHub, and other third-party delivery companies are partnering with chains, …
Kate Taylor
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3 small fast-casual chains break down why they're building more restaurants instead of ghost kitchens, despite takeout booming during the pandemic
Island Fin Poké, Rush Bowls, and Black Sheep Coffee all plans on opening dozens more restaurants. T…
Grace Dean
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I ordered food from 5 different brands in a stark white room inside a suburban Walmart and I'm convinced it's probably the future of fast food
Virtual restaurants cut down on labor and real estate costs, which is even more appealing as labor …
Mary Meisenzahl
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Chipotle execs say the chain doesn't need to partner with ghost kitchens: 'Chipotle has a dark kitchen in every single restaurant'
Chief technology officer Curt Garner said that the change was "really important because second seem…
Kate Taylor
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Ghost kitchen startup Reef has been frequently cited for operating without a permit. Here's why that could be risky for diners.
"Without a permit, the regulators are completely in the dark," a food-safety expert told Insider. R…