{"id":24148,"date":"2020-06-11T23:07:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T23:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.posist.com\/restaurant-times\/?p=24148"},"modified":"2023-08-24T17:43:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T12:13:22","slug":"delivery-only-restaurant-concept-and-definitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.posist.com\/restaurant-times\/cloud-kitchen\/delivery-only-restaurant-concept-and-definitions.html","title":{"rendered":"One Restaurant Concept, Many Names: Delivery-Only Restaurant Defy Traditional Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coming of a new age no-dine-in restaurant concept has caught everyone’s attention in the restaurant industry. This unique <\/span>restaurant format lacks physical space, requires no hefty capital investments, operates on bare minimum restaurant rentals, and relies only on delivery orders. <\/span><\/a>Known for its simplicity and cost-effectiveness, it is an ideal platform for food entrepreneurs to enter into the restaurant segment and establish a foothold in the market. As the restaurant industry welcomes this emerging trend, operators are also looking at the best ways to define the delivery-only model. We have heard terms like ‘cloud kitchen,’ ‘dark kitchen,’ ‘ghost kitchen,’ and ‘virtual restaurants’ being used to define this delivery-only model. Are these definitions of the same model? Or are they different?
\n<\/span>This blog post answers all such queries and uncovers the right interpretation of this revolutionary model.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Briefing The Delivery-Only Restaurant Format<\/b><\/h2>\n

In the last few years, there has been a rapid growth of the delivery-only restaurant business. According to statistics, the overall\u00a0<\/span>revenue in the food delivery market is expected to show an annual growth rate of 7.5%<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong> This has also given rise to a significant number of delivery-only restaurant formats, which are termed as cloud kitchens, dark kitchens, virtual restaurants, or ghost kitchens. All these terms are reasonably interchangeable and define the same concept that focuses on providing good quality food delivered to the customer\u2019s doorstep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being considered as the smarter way of running a restaurant business, this restaurant format doesn’t require a large space or a lot of staff to operate. As there are no front-of-house operations, cloud kitchens save substantially on the infrastructure costs. The infrastructure is only limited to the kitchen area, and operators can leverage the same space to <\/span>run multiple brands from the same kitchen.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Setting up a cloud kitchen requires lower overhead costs when compared to setting up a physical restaurant. Moreover, opening a ghost kitchen involves a one-time investment as there are no hidden or maintenance costs. In fact, the only major cost center for a virtual restaurant is establishing a robust delivery network and investing in high-quality packaging.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

Typically the virtual restaurants receive online orders via;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n