What is the commonality between the following companies: DoorDash, GrubHub, and Uber Eats? They all operate by delivering food from people’s favorite restaurants and fast food establishments directly to their door. It’s clearly a lucrative market backed by consistent consumer demand; DoorDash has experienced 20-30% growth every year since 2020 and Uber Eats grew revenue by 13% in 2024. On-demand delivery is becoming a larger and larger share of the average person’s paid dining habits, and the canny restaurateur will be looking for a way to take advantage of that.
The opportunity that both new restaurateurs and the food delivery apps have been taking advantage of is the advent of so called dark or ghost kitchens. These commercial kitchens eschew a front end, dine-in option and are instead dedicated specifically to fulfilling delivery orders for customers in their area. It’s an option that allows these food businesses to cut costs and focus on producing quality food for a consistent consumer base.
For anyone interested in taking advantage of ghost kitchens and the food delivery opportunity, CloudKitchens is prepared to provide solutions. CloudKitchens was founded to provide restaurateurs with ghost kitchens optimized for delivery, and are the proud partners of a number of successful operations already. Their comprehensive service offering gets a new restaurant ready for operation in a matter of weeks, getting partners’ delicious food out the door as soon as possible.
What Is CloudKitchens Cooking?
In the modern economy, with real estate costs rising and increasing numbers of people choosing to order in at home, building and maintaining a robust front-side dine-in experience may not be cost effective for new restaurateurs. By choosing to work without waiting staff, greeters, physical menus, and the other standards of a dine-in space, businesses can focus on two things: making great food, and handing it off to delivery drivers. A ghost kitchen like the ones CloudKitchens provide is the perfect solution.
CloudKitchens provides commercial ghost kitchens for a fraction of the up-front costs of a brick-and-mortar restaurant location, letting the new establishment start cooking in as few as 8 weeks. These ghost kitchens can get started with as little as $30,000, which is staggeringly little compared to the hundreds of thousands—or even as high as two million—traditional restaurants can require. Once established, a CloudKitchens establishment only needs the partner’s menu and a small team of 2-4 cooks to start feeding the people.
Once established, a ghost kitchen from CloudKitchens benefits from the company’s ongoing service and support. CloudKitchens handles the support and logistics side of the business, including cleaning, delivery support, maintenance, security, logistics, and fulfillment. Order fulfillment and tracking can all be done from a single tablet interface. By taking care of these support tasks, CloudKitchens lets the restaurant focus on the food and the growth of their business.
It’s not just classical kitchens that benefit from CloudKitchens’ ghost kitchens. Entrepreneurs, food trucks, national franchises, and local restaurants all stand to benefit from a ghost kitchen maximising their food delivery operation. The CloudKitchens service offering is a cost-effective way for new and existing companies alike to establish new brands and reputations in their local areas. Between the efficacy of these kitchens, and their cost-cutting innovative model, CloudKitchens makes the restaurateur’s dream accessible to ambitious cooks and businesspeople alike.
Satisfied CloudKitchens Reviews
Any disruptive element in an established industry is sure to raise some eyebrows, but there’s no better evidence for the quality of a service, product, or program than the positive responses of those that have taken advantage of it. CloudKitchens has proudly partnered with a number of successful new restaurants powered by ghost kitchens, and the testimony of these partners—highlighted on their website as Success Stories—speaks to the results.
Nathan Chang, founder of Oh My Gogi—a Korean/Mexican fusion restaurant whose ramen burgers and Korean street tacos have taken Houston, Texas by storm—took advantage of the ghost kitchens and support from CloudKitchens to greatly streamline their delivery efficiency and find great success. With CloudKitchens’ support, he’s been able to focus on expanding their menu and cooking delicious food. Chang says, “In reality, to build out a full kitchen and operate and run. . . it’s too hard. This lets you come in and just do your talent. If you’re good at cooking, cook. It’s way easier than doing the rest of the business side.”
Another success story comes in the form of Shannen Tune, the passionate restaurant owner and chef of Craft Burger, the gourmet burger and fried chicken sandwich food truck serving deliciousness across Texas. When the costs and risks of a brick-and-mortar location were too daunting, he turned to CloudKitchens to expand his brand and pursue his dream by establishing ghost kitchens in new markets.
“With CloudKitchens, you’re able to expand into different markets without having to build a brick-and-mortar,” Tune explains. “This is going to be the future.”
Support, Guides, And Education
CloudKitchens knows that any disruptive model or new solutions will require education, and they’ve come prepared with a helpful assembly of support documentation and educational material readily accessible on their website. Aside from their blog, which is regularly updated and full of interesting and helpful guides, news, and trends, the company has an array of published white papers and case studies for the aspiring partner or restauranter to explore. Everything from delivery route optimization, to menu innovation, to ensuring legal health and safety compliance is discussed and shared.
Some of the more technical documents available include a Free Guide on How To Market Your Restaurant Business Online, 7 Steps to Maximize Delivery Efficiency for Your Restaurant, and Flexible Strategy for QSR Brands. Each of these white papers contains the secret ingredients for restaurant growth and brand development needed to take ghost or dark kitchens to new horizons of success. CloudKitchens has also published a number of helpful E-books to provide further guidance, including topics like Mastering Efficiency: A Guide to Scaling F&B Operations.
CloudKitchens is presenting itself as a devoted and helpful partner for restaurateurs around the country. By anticipating questions and concerns with a set of robust educational material, CloudKitchens is demonstrating its dedication to its partners’ well being and success.
By: Chris Bates
