The Start-Ups Building ‘Dark Kitchens’ For Uber Eats And Deliveroo • Discoverology

The Start-Ups Building ‘Dark Kitchens’ For Uber Eats And Deliveroo

Business, Food, Innovation, Tech

Venture capitalists have all aligned on the best solution: kitchens that only serve delivery customers, known as “cloud”, “ghost” or “dark” kitchens, that use a combination of advanced food preparation, underused real estate and algorithm-driven optimisation to lower overheads and increase output.

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