Cloud kitchens have become increasingly prominent in the past couple of years, with players like Grab, Foodpanda, and Deliveroo setting up their own operations.
The vertical is a gamechanger for the food ecosystem, with food delivery platforms emerging as the big winners because they stand to see their order numbers grow. But it’s a different story for restaurants despite the perks that they can get by signing up with cloud kitchens.
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Tech in Asia journalist Melissa Goh explains how cloud kitchens work and why they might not be the best fit for every restaurant.
Timecodes:
00:00 – Intro music
00:37 – Today’s topic: Cloud kitchens
01:04 – What are they and how do they work?
02:38 – A space dominated by food delivery players
03:55 – The benefits of working with a cloud kitchen
05:00 – The impact of cloud kitchens and the ongoing pandemic on the food industry
08:18 – How cloud kitchens limit a restaurant’s market reach
09:43 – Restaurants are at the mercy of cloud kitchens and food delivery platforms
11:13 – The promise of lower costs isn’t always true
13:57 – How the growing prominence of cloud kitchens will affect the wider tech ecosystem
14:41 – Why it’s hard to accurately predict the future of the cloud kitchen model
Download the full transcript here.
Featured reporter:
- Melissa Goh, a Tech in Asia journalist based in Singapore
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