Kitchen United Explained
Kitchen United is a ghost kitchen company based in Pasadena, California,[3] providing equipped professional kitchen space to restaurants for the preparation of delivery-only meals.[4] This allows brick-and-mortar restaurants to expand their food delivery business without adding extra staff or space and allows the creation of restaurants with no dine-in service.[5] In addition to commercial kitchen space, it provides back of house automation and ordering software that accommodates the main delivery services (DoorDash, GrubHub, Uber Eats, etc.).[6] [7]
The company was initially funded by GV (formerly Google Ventures), which invested $10 million. GV also contributed to a $40-million series B round of funding that included Fidelity Investments, G Squared Capital and RXR Realty.[8] [9] The company raised a $100-million series C round of funding in July 2021 that included Restaurant Brands International, Kroger, and Couche-Tard / Circle K.[10]
Notes and References
- Web site: California Business Search . businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/ . Secretary of State of California . 11 November 2019 . PDF . May 15, 2017.
- News: Kitchen United Company Profile . Craft. December 9, 2019.
- Web site: Upton . Nicholas . Kitchen United Opens First of Many Shared Kitchens . foodondemandnews.com . Franchise Times . 10 November 2019 . June 14, 2018.
- News: Yaffe-Bellany . David . Isaac . Mike . In These Restaurants, Every Order is To_go . 12 October 2019 . New York Times Company . August 19, 2019 . B1.
- News: Patton . Leslie . Food Delivery Boom Means Sandwiches Don't Come From Restaurants Now . 10 November 2019 . Bloomberg LLC . 15 May 2019 . “There’s no reason why you can’t virtualize what a restaurant is,” Collins says..
- Web site: Ruggless . Ron . Kitchen United COO talks broad horizon for off-premise . NRN.com . Nation's Restaurant News . 10 November 2019 . March 5, 2019.
- News: Bradshaw . Tim . The start-ups building 'dark kitchens' for Uber Eats and Deliveroo . 10 November 2019 . FINANCIAL TIMES LTD. . 21 May 2019.
- Web site: Amore . Samson . Kitchen United Raises $40 Million Series B . LAbusinessjournal.com . Los Angeles Business Journal . 1 November 2019 . September 19, 2019.
- Web site: O’Flanagan . Linda . Rechler cooks up 'ghost kitchen' deal for New York buildings . rew-online.com . Hagedorn Publications . 17 October 2019 . September 17, 2019.
- Web site: 2022-07-25 . Kitchen United raises $100 million with investments from Burger King parent and Kroger . 2022-11-14 . Nation's Restaurant News . en.
