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Global Startup Heat Map highlights 5 Top Ghost Kitchen Solutions out of 324
The insights of this data-driven analysis are derived from the Big Data & Artificial Intelligence-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform, covering 2.093.000+ startups & scaleups globally. The platform gives you an exhaustive overview of emerging technologies & relevant startups within a specific field in just a few clicks.
The Global Startup Heat Map below reveals the distribution of the 324 exemplary startups & scaleups we analyzed for this research. Further, it highlights 5 food startups that we hand-picked based on criteria such as founding year, location, funding raised, and more. You get to explore the solutions of these 5 startups & scaleups in this report. For insights on the other 319 ghost kitchen solutions, get in touch.
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Taster runs Online-only Restaurants
With the growth of food eCommerce, more people are opting to order food online instead of visiting restaurants. During COVID-mandated lockdowns, as the restaurants were shut, the demand for food ordering skyrocketed. Online-only restaurants fill this niche as well as target local trends. Further, by saving costs on space, ghost kitchens are able to invest more in improving food preparation.
British startup Taster operates a collection of online-only restaurants. The startup runs 70+ restaurants spanning 5 brands and serving 11 cities. The restaurants deliver different kinds of street food, with each brand focusing on a particular cuisine. By optimizing delivery, the startup ensures that consumers receive tasty street food in the comfort of their homes.
Virturant facilitates Virtual Restaurant Brands
New food startups, as well as existing brands, are seeking to capitalize on the growth of ghost kitchens. Consequently, a new trend is emerging in the industry — virtual restaurant brands. Since ghost kitchens require lesser space, they are easy to set up with smaller investments or in extra kitchen spaces. This lowers the barrier to entry to the restaurant business and allows existing businesses to diversify their income.
Virturant is a US-based startup that sets up virtual restaurant brands for commercial kitchens. The startup leverages customer data trends to design menus suited for delivery app ordering. It transforms existing kitchens into delivery-only restaurants, enabling operators to monetize extra kitchen space. The startup’s solutions are low-risk and low-cost as well as help kitchen operators increase income and profit margins.
Kytchens offers a Kitchen-as-a-Service Platform
Generally, ghost kitchens partner with third parties for supplies and deliveries. Going beyond this, startups now offer end-to-end solutions that provide everything needed to virtually run a kitchen. By providing managed infrastructure, such solutions lower the expenditure and time required for starting a food delivery business. This also allows food brands to focus on improving their recipes and implement strategic targeting.
Indian startup Kytchens develops a full-stack Kitchen-as-a-Service platform. The startup collaborates with food brands to set up customized ghost kitchen solutions. It manages everything from developing the food concept to setting up procurement and preparing the food. Kytchens also provides customer analytics to help food & beverage brands and companies scale their ghost kitchen operations faster and more efficiently.
grubtech enables Order Automation
A key function in running a cloud kitchen is managing the orders coming from different channels. Any errors in preparing orders eventually lower customer satisfaction as well as incur additional costs. Order automation solutions address this challenge by streamlining the process of handling orders. In addition to ghost kitchens, such solutions also help traditional restaurants improve the customer experience.
UAE-based startup grubtech provides an end-to-end platform for restaurants and cloud kitchens. The startup’s Kitchen Management System automatically displays all orders across different brands and sales channels. It also automates other functions like updating item availability, price changes, or modification to recipes. Moreover, it integrates third-party apps for food aggregators, logistics, point of sale (PoS) systems.
Kitchen Robotics builds Robotic Dark Kitchens
Food startups are leveraging advances in robotics to build food preparation robots. Such robots help brands set up robotic dark kitchens or automated ghost kitchens. This further reduces the footprint of ghost kitchens. Moreover, robotic kitchens are also reprogrammable to make new cuisines based on changing customer trends.
Israeli startup Kitchen Robotics offers robotic dark kitchen solutions. The startup’s robot, beastro, is fully programmable to prepare multiple types of dishes. It also features Cuismo, an AI-based cloud operating system, to enable ghost kitchen operations. Cuismo dries delivery-takeaway market strategy, dish analytics, supply chain management, and employee management. By automating the cooking process, the startup’s solutions increase the efficiency of ghost kitchens.
Discover more FoodTech Startups
Food startups such as the examples highlighted in this report focus on restaurant digitalization, food eCommerce, and personalized diets. While all of these technologies play a major role in advancing the food industry, they only represent the tip of the iceberg. To explore more food technologies, simply get in touch to let us look into your areas of interest. For a more general overview, you can download our free FoodTech Innovation Report to save your time and improve strategic decision-making.
